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Survival Analysis of Cardiovascular Diseases

Yuanxin Hu, Department of Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis

December 16, 2013 - 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Cupples I, Room 207 | Host: Prof. Ed. Spitznagel

Master Thesis in Statistics Defense.
Abstract: The Cardiovascular diseases are leading causes of death in populations worldwide. The current investigation is applying survival analysis to identify risk factors, and their impacts on hazard functions or survival function. The methods of Kaplan-Meier nonparamtric method, Cox proportional hazard regression, and Accelerated Failure time model have been used.

 

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