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. 2013 Sep 13;13:113. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-113

Table 2.

Results of simulation study with alternative incidence rates

a) Discrimination measures
Incidence* 10 years (25 years)
Sampling fraction
% Cases (25 years)
Harrell’s C
Royston and saubrei’s D
 
 
 
Full cohort
Case-cohort
Full cohort
Case-cohort
 
 
 
 
UW (bias %)
W
SE
ESE**
RE
ERE‡‡
 
UW (bias %)
W
SE
ESE**
RE
ERE‡‡
0.073 (0.277)
0.03
91
0.674
0.552 (18.1)
0.675
0.018
0.018
0.135
0.126
1.060
0.336 (68.3)
1.099
0.162
0.172
0.064
0.055
0.1
76
 
0.591 (12.4)
0.675
0.011
0.011
0.354
0.349
 
0.568 (46.5)
1.070
0.094
0.092
0.192
0.197
0.3
52
 
0.637 (5.5)
0.674
0.008
0.008
0.678
0.672
 
0.832 (21.4)
1.063
0.060
0.057
0.474
0.479
0.5
39
 
0.655 (2.7)
0.674
0.007
0.007
0.831
0.817
 
0.942 (11.0)
1.060
0.050
0.047
0.671
0.682
0.9
26
 
0.672 (0.3)
0.675
0.007
0.006
0.978
0.981
 
1.046 (1.4)
1.061
0.043
0.040
0.933
0.935
0.027 (0.112)
0.03
76
0.679
0.576 (15.3)
0.681
0.021
0.020
0.283
0.288
1.073
0.491 (54.4)
1.087
0.173
0.167
0.147
0.157
0.1
49
 
0.627 (7.6)
0.679
0.014
0.014
0.582
0.580
 
0.771 (28.1)
1.072
0.109
0.102
0.368
0.4179
0.3
24
 
0.662 (2.5)
0.679
0.012
0.011
0.843
0.862
 
0.970 (9.4)
1.073
0.080
0.075
0.682
0.7407
0.5
16
 
0.671 (1.1)
0.679
0.011
0.011
0.926
0.928
 
1.023 (4.3)
1.069
0.073
0.07
0.823
0.8868
 
0.9
10
 
0.679 (0.1)
0.680
0.011
0.011
0.991
0.997
 
1.070 (0.5)
1.076
0.068
0.066
0.956
0.9835
b) NRI
 
 
Incidence* 10 years (25 years)
Sampling fraction
% Cases (25 years)
Category-based NRI
Continuous NRI
 
      Full cohort
Case-cohort
Full cohort
Case-cohort
 
 
 
 
NRI
SE
ESE**
RE
ERE‡‡
 
NRI
SE
ESE**
RE
ERE‡‡
 
0.073 (0.277)
0.03
97
0.028
0.029
0.025
0.033
0.414
0.265
0.170
0.166
0.086
0.095
0.296
0.214
 
0.1
86
 
0.028
0.019
0.023
0.713
0.506
 
0.170
0.060
0.069
0.602
0.490
 
0.3
76
 
0.027
0.017
0.018
0.906
0.798
 
0.169
0.050
0.051
0.854
0.753
 
0.5
52
 
0.028
0.017
0.018
0.960
0.814
 
0.171
0.048
0.050
0.932
0.898
 
0.9
26
 
0.028
0.016
0.018
0.997
0.963
 
0.170
0.047
0.046
0.992
0.981
0.027 (0.112)
0.03
91
0.011
0.015
0.014
0.022
0.571
0.308
0.156
0.154
0.106
0.114
0.561
0.456
 
0.1
66
 
0.012
0.012
0.015
0.813
0.603
 
0.160
0.087
0.096
0.822
0.730
 
0.3
49
 
0.010
0.011
0.012
0.954
0.965
 
0.156
0.081
0.080
0.947
0.903
 
0.5
24
 
0.011
0.011
0.013
0.990
0.933
 
0.160
0.080
0.083
0.976
0.959
 
  0.9 10   0.011 0.011 0.012 1.008 0.944   0.155 0.079 0.076 0.997 0.978  

Results are shown for the full cohort, the case-cohort subsample with Prentice weights using the standard unweighted measures of discrimination (UW) as well as the weighted versions (W). For the weighted estimates we also show the analytical and empirical SE and relative efficiency.

* Incidence from Kaplan-Meier.

** Empirical standard error.

Relative efficiency calculated as the ratio of analytical variances (full cohort/case-cohort).

‡‡ Empirical relative efficiency calculated as the ratio of empirical variances (full cohort/case-cohort).