Modeling clustered binary data with excess zero clusters

Stat Methods Med Res. 2018 Sep;27(9):2641-2656. doi: 10.1177/0962280216683740. Epub 2016 Dec 19.

Abstract

We establish a zero-inflated (random-effects) logistic-Gaussian model for clustered binary data in which members of clusters in one latent class have a zero response with probability one, and members of clusters in a second latent class yield correlated outcomes. Response probabilities in terms of random-effects models are formulated, and maximum marginal likelihood estimation procedures based on Gaussian quadrature are developed. Application to esophageal cancer data in Chinese families is presented.

Keywords: Clustered binary data; Gaussian quadratures; logistic-Gaussian model; random-effects models; structured zeros; zero-inflated models.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • China
  • Cluster Analysis*
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / ethnology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Normal Distribution
  • Poisson Distribution
  • Regression Analysis