The Competing Risk of Death in Longitudinal Geriatric Outcomes.
Terrence E MurphyThomas M GillLinda S Leo-SummersEvelyne A GahbauerMargaret A PisaniLauren E FerrantePublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2018)
This method facilitates evaluation of potential bias from the competing risk of death in longitudinal studies for nondeath outcomes that are not necessarily time to event. Results suggest that death introduces substantive bias when long-term follow-up results in cumulatively high levels of mortality. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:357-362, 2019.