Bayesian analysis of the structural equation models with application to a longitudinal myopia trial
Myopia is becoming a significant public health problem, affecting more and more people. Studies indicate that there are two main factors, hereditary and environmental, suspected to have strong impact on myopia. Motivated by the increase in the number of people affected by this problem, this paper fo...
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Published in | Statistics in medicine Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 188 - 200 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Chichester, UK
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
30.01.2012
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Summary: | Myopia is becoming a significant public health problem, affecting more and more people. Studies indicate that there are two main factors, hereditary and environmental, suspected to have strong impact on myopia. Motivated by the increase in the number of people affected by this problem, this paper focuses primarily on the utilization of mathematical methods to gain further insight into their relationship with myopia. Accordingly, utilizing multidimensional longitudinal myopia data with correlation between both eyes, we develop a Bayesian structural equation model including random effects. With the aid of the MCMC method, it is capable of expressing the correlation between repeated measurements as well as the two‐eye correlation and can be used to explore the relational structure among the variables in the model. We consider four observed factors, including intraocular pressure, anterior chamber depth, lens thickness, and axial length. The results indicate that the genetic effect has much greater influence on myopia than the environmental effects. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/WNG-R2R2XG2V-V National Science Council of Taiwan - No. NSC98-2112-2118-005-MY2 istex:902012B26C22DF4A32924063436CCD6B4EA762B7 ArticleID:SIM4378 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0277-6715 1097-0258 |
DOI: | 10.1002/sim.4378 |