A study is conducted to estimate survival in patients following kidney transplant. Key factors that adversely affect success of the transplant include advanced age and diabetes. This involves 25 participants who are 65 years of age and old, and all have diabetes. Following transplant, each participant is followed for up to 10 years. The following are times to death, in years, or the time to last contact ( at which time participant was known to be alive).
- Use the life table approach to estimate the survival function
- Use the Kaplan-Meier approach to estimate the survival function
- Sketch the survival function based on the estimates in (b).
Begin by sharing your answers for both approaches
Explain how your would interpret those results
Explain how you might use this type of information in a public health context. What kinds of decisions or policy changes might be informed by survival analysis research?