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生存分析利用能够处理删失数据的技术来评估事件发生前的时间，例如疾病复发或死亡，其中删失数据是指在研究结束时事件尚未发生的情况。
考虑一项比较卵巢癌治疗效果的研究。
Kaplan-Meier 估计法绘制每个组的生存概率，显示在后续各个时间点仍存活的受试者比例。&#160;
Kaplan-Meier 曲线展示了各化疗组随时间变化的生存百分比。
Log-rank 检验用于比较不同组别的生存曲线，判断其生存概率是否存在显著差异，且不假设各组的生存分布相同。
Cox比例风险模型用于评估治疗对生存率的影响，同时对年龄或疾病分期等因素进行校正。
它计算风险比，以量化每种治疗相关的风险。
采用这些方法可对治疗效果进行稳健的比较，确保结果可靠，并真实反映干预措施相关的生存获益或风险。

比较两组或多组的生存分析

Comparing the Survival Analysis of Two or More Groups

生存分析是医学研究的基石，用于评估发生感兴趣事件（例如死亡、疾病复发或康复）的时间。与标准统计方法不同，生存分析特别擅长处理删失数据——即在研究结束时某些参与者尚未发生事件或仍未观察到事件的情况。为了应对这些独特的挑战，通常采用 Kaplan-Meier 估计量、对数秩检验和 Cox 比例风险模型等专门技术。

 Kaplan-Meier 估计量是一种非参数工具，可估计随时间推移的生存概率，生成生存曲线，以直观的方式显示在特定时间点之后存活的受试者比例。这些曲线对于比较不同组之间的生存结果（例如接受不同治疗的患者）非常有用。当研究人员想要确定观察到的组间生存差异是否是统计学显著的时，通常使用对数秩检验。该检验比较 Kaplan-Meier 曲线，但不假设生存时间的特定分布，因此适用于各种研究场景。

 对于更复杂的分析，Cox 比例风险模型提供了一个强大的框架，用于检查生存时间与多种预测因素（如治疗类型、年龄或疾病严重程度）之间的关系。该模型计算风险比 (hazard ratios，HR)，该风险比量化了一组相对于另一组发生事件的相对风险，同时根据混杂变量做了调整。例如，HR 为 1.5 表明一组相对于另一组发生事件的风险高 50%。

 考虑一项比较接受两种不同化疗方案的卵巢癌患者的生存结果的研究。使用 Kaplan-Meier 估计量，研究人员可以直观地看到每个治疗组随时间变化的生存概率。如果一个组始终显示更高的生存率，则对数秩检验可以确定差异是否是统计学显著的。为了对年龄或癌症分期等其他因素进行调整，可以应用 Cox 模型，该模型提供考虑这些变量的风险比，并深入了解治疗效果。

 生存分析特别适合医学研究，提供分析事件发生时间数据的强大方法，同时考虑删失观察。这些工具使研究人员能够比较治疗效果，根据混杂变量调整，并得出可靠的结论。生存分析不仅关注事件是否发生，还关注事件发生的时间，从而确保医学研究产生准确、可操作的发现，这对于推进患者护理至关重要。

生存分析利用能够处理删失数据的技术来评估事件发生前的时间，例如疾病复发或死亡，其中……

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JoVE Core

Statistics

统计学

Unit 1

第一单元

Survival Analysis

生存分析

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

关键术语与概念

kaplan-meier curves and hazard ratios

Kaplan-Meier curves and hazard ratios help researchers compare survival time between groups. Survival analysis looks at the time until an event happens, such as death, disease recurrence, or recovery. It is a key tool in medical research.

A major strength of survival analysis is that it can handle censored data. Censored data means the event has not happened for some participants by the end of the study, or it has not been observed. This makes survival analysis different from standard statistical methods.

Researchers often use the Kaplan-Meier estimator to calculate survival probabilities over time. The result is a survival curve that shows the proportion of subjects who survive past specific time points. These curves make it easier to compare groups, such as patients receiving different treatments.

When scientists need to know whether two survival curves are truly different, they use the log-rank test. This test compares Kaplan-Meier curves without assuming a specific survival-time distribution. That makes it useful in many research settings.

For more detailed studies, researchers may use the Cox proportional hazards model. This model examines survival time along with multiple predictors, such as treatment type, age, or disease severity. It produces hazard ratios, or HR, which show the relative risk of the event in one group compared with another while adjusting for confounding variables.

For example, a study may compare survival outcomes in ovarian cancer patients who receive two chemotherapy regimens. Kaplan-Meier curves can show how survival changes over time for each group. If one group appears to do better, the log-rank test can check whether the difference is statistically significant. The Cox model can then account for factors like age or cancer stage and give hazard ratios that add more detail about the treatment effect.

Kaplan-Meier Curves and Hazard Ratios

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life tables

Life Tables and Survival Patterns

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survival curves

Kaplan-Meier Survival Curve Basics

Kaplan-Meier survival curves show how the chance of staying event-free changes over time. They are used to track survival in a population and to compare groups in medicine, public health, and reliability engineering. The Kaplan-Meier estimator is the most common way to build these curves. It is a non-parametric method, which means it does not assume a fixed pattern for the data. The result is a stepwise line that drops each time an event happens, such as death, disease recurrence, or...

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Life Table Method for Survival Rates

The life table method, also called the actuarial approach, is used to estimate survival rates in clinical and population studies. It began in life insurance, where risk over time must be measured carefully. In health research, it gives a clearer picture of survival when some participants are lost to follow-up or die from causes unrelated to the study. This method works by dividing the study period into set intervals, usually one year. That makes it useful for tracking outcomes over time,...

kaplan-meier approach

Survival Curves with Kaplan-Meier Data

The Kaplan-Meier estimator is a non-parametric method for estimating a survival function from time-to-event data. It is commonly used in medical research to track how many patients survive for a set time after treatment. It is also important in clinical trials, epidemiological studies, and reliability engineering. This method helps researchers study survival probabilities over time, even when some data are incomplete. That incomplete data is called censored data, which means the exact event...

assumptions of survival analysis

Survival Analysis Assumptions in Studies

Survival analysis studies the time until an event happens. The event may be death in a living organism or failure in a mechanical system. These models are used in medicine, biology, engineering, and public health to study time-to-event data. Careful study design matters because the method depends on several key assumptions. One common feature of survival times is positive skewness. This means events often happen early, while fewer cases occur later. Survival data also often include censoring,...

comparing the survival analysis of two or more groups

Kaplan-Meier curves and hazard ratios help researchers compare survival time between groups. Survival analysis looks at the time until an event happens, such as death, disease recurrence, or recovery. It is a key tool in medical research. A major strength of survival analysis is that it can handle censored data. Censored data means the event has not happened for some participants by the end of the study, or it has not been observed. This makes survival analysis different from standard...

the mantel-cox log-rank test

Log-Rank Test for Comparing Survival Curves

The Mantel-Cox log-rank test compares survival curves from two groups. It checks whether the groups have a statistically significant difference in survival time. This makes it useful when the timing of an event matters, such as death or disease recurrence. The log-rank test is non-parametric. That means it does not assume a specific distribution for the survival data. It is also useful in medical research, where it often helps compare a new treatment with a control or standard treatment in...

applications of life tables

Life Tables in Public Policy and Science

Life tables are used in many fields to study mortality and survival rates. They give a numerical way to examine how long people or living things are likely to survive. This makes them useful for public health, business planning, and scientific research. In demography and public health, life tables help experts study population changes and predict future trends. They can show patterns such as an aging population or the effect of a health policy. In Nigeria, health officials used survival rates...

cancer survival analysis

Cancer Survival Curves and Risk Factors

Cancer survival analysis measures how long it takes from diagnosis or the start of treatment to a specific outcome, such as remission or death. It helps researchers judge treatment effectiveness and understand what affects patient outcomes. These results also support clinical decisions and prognostic evaluations. Survival data are often skewed and not normally distributed. They also include censored cases, where the full survival time is unknown because the study ends, a patient is lost to...

hazard rate

Modeling Event Risk Over Time

Hazard rate is a statistical measure that describes how event risk changes over time. It is also called the hazard function or failure rate. In survival analysis, it shows the instantaneous rate at which an event occurs, but only after the subject has not had the event yet. From a probability view, hazard rate gives the chance that a subject will have the event in a very small time interval. That chance is conditional on surviving to the start of that interval. From a frequency view, it can...

hazard ratio

Hazard Ratio in Clinical Trials

The hazard ratio is a way to compare event risk in clinical trials. It is often used to study events such as death or disease recurrence in two groups over time. The two groups are usually a treatment group and a control group. A hazard ratio compares hazard rates, which are the instantaneous risk of an event happening at a given moment. It shows how the risk in one group relates to the risk in the other group. In a cancer drug study, for example, the hazard ratio can show how a new treatment...

truncation in survival analysis

Left and Right Truncation in Survival Data

Truncation in survival analysis describes data loss caused by the timing of an event or by when a subject can enter a study. It can happen in two forms: left truncation and right truncation. In both cases, some individuals are left out of the dataset before analysis begins. Left truncation happens when people who had the event before a set time are not included in the study. This often occurs with delayed entry, which means a person is only observed if they survive until the entry point. For...

censoring survival data

Types of Censoring in Survival Analysis

Survival analysis studies time-to-event data, which tracks how long it takes for an outcome to happen. It is used in medicine, engineering, and social science. A common problem in this type of data is censoring, which means the full event time is not observed for every person or item. Censoring can happen for several reasons and in different patterns. The most common kind is right censoring. This happens when the event has not occurred by the end of the study or when a participant is lost to...

survival tree

Survival Tree in Time-to-Event Analysis

A survival tree is a non-parametric tool in survival analysis that links predictor variables, or covariates, to survival time. Survival time is the time until an event of interest occurs. It is useful when some data are censored, which means the event has not happened for some people by the end of the study or the exact event time is unknown. Building a survival tree starts with a dataset that includes covariates, survival time, and a censoring indicator for each subject. The data must be...

parametric survival analysis: weibull and exponential methods

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Modeling Survival Time with Weibull and Exponential

Parametric survival analysis models survival time by assuming a specific probability distribution for when an event occurs. The Weibull and exponential distributions are two common choices because they are flexible and relatively straightforward to use. The Weibull distribution is a flexible model in parametric survival analysis. It can describe both increasing and decreasing hazard rates, depending on its shape parameter beta. When beta is greater than 1, the hazard rate rises over time. That...

key terms and concepts

Learn how survival analysis compares group outcomes with Kaplan-Meier curves, log-rank tests, and hazard ratios while handling censored data.

Kaplan-Meier Curves and Hazard Ratios | JoVE K12

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Kaplan-Meier Curves and Hazard Ratios

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