Bayesian Inference on Changes in Response Densities Over Predictor Clusters
预测变量轨迹聚类间响应密度变化的贝叶斯推断
In epidemiology, it is often of interest to assess how individuals with different trajectories over time in an environmental exposure or biomarker differ with respect to a continuous response. For ease in interpretation and presentation of results, epidemiologists typically categorize predictors prior to analysis. To extend this approach to time-varying predictors, one can cluster individuals by their predictor trajectory, with the cluster index included as a predictor in a…