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STATISTICAL INFERENCE IN QUANTILE REGRESSION FOR ZERO-INFLATED OUTCOMES.

An extension of quantile regression is proposed to model zero-inflated outcomes, which have become increasingly common in biomedical studies. The method is flexible enough to depict complex and nonlinear associations… Click to show full abstract

An extension of quantile regression is proposed to model zero-inflated outcomes, which have become increasingly common in biomedical studies. The method is flexible enough to depict complex and nonlinear associations between the covariates and the quantiles of the outcome. We establish the theoretical properties of the estimated quantiles, and develop inference tools to assess the quantile effects. Extensive simulation studies indicate that the novel method generally outperforms existing zero-inflated approaches and the direct quantile regression in terms of the estimation and inference of the heterogeneous effect of the covariates. The approach is applied to data from the Northern Manhattan Study to identify risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis, measured by the ultrasound carotid plaque burden.

Keywords: zero inflated; quantile regression; inflated outcomes; statistical inference

Journal Title: Statistica Sinica
Year Published: 2022

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