FMA.concurrent.CV: Functional mediation analysis under concurrent regression...

In cfma: Causal Functional Mediation Analysis

Description

This function performs functional mediation regression under the concurrent model. Tuning parameter is chosen based on cross-validation.

Usage

FMA.concurrent.CV(Z, M, Y, intercept = TRUE, basis = NULL, Ld2.basis = NULL, 
    basis.type = c("fourier"), nbasis = 3, timeinv = c(0, 1), timegrids = NULL, 
    lambda = NULL, nfolds = 5)

Arguments

Z	a data matrix. Z is the treatment trajectory in the mediation analysis. The number of rows is the number of subjects, and the number of columns is the number of measured time points.
M	a data matrix. M is the mediator trajectory in the mediation analysis. The number of rows is the number of subjects, and the number of columns is the number of measured time points.
Y	a data matrix. Y is the outcome trajectory in the mediation analysis. The number of rows is the number of subjects, and the number of columns is the number of measured time points.
intercept	a logic variable. Default is TRUE, an intercept term is included in the regression model.
basis	a data matrix. Basis function used in the functional data analysis. The number of columns is the number of basis function considered. If basis = NULL, Fourier basis functions will be generated.
Ld2.basis	a data matrix. The second derivative of the basis function. The number of columns is the number of basis function considered. If Ld2.basis = NULL, the second derivative of Fourier basis functions will be generated.
basis.type	a character of basis function type. Default is Fourier basis (basis.type = "fourier").
nbasis	an integer, the number of basis function included. If basis is provided, this argument will be ignored.
timeinv	a numeric vector of length two, the time interval considered in the analysis. Default is (0,1).
timegrids	a numeric vector of time grids of measurement. If timegrids = NULL, it is assumed the between measurement time interval is constant.
lambda	a numeric vector of tuning parameter values.
nfolds	a number gives the number of folds in cross-validation.

Details

The concurrent mediation model is

M(t)=Z(t)α(t)+ε_{1}(t),

Y(t)=Z(t)γ(t)+M(t)β(t)+ε_{2}(t),

where α(t), β(t), γ(t) are coefficient curves. The model coefficient curves are estimated by minimizing the penalized L_{2}-loss. Tuning parameter λ controls the smoothness of the estimated curves, and is chosen by cross-validation.

Value

basis	the basis functions used in the analysis.
M	a list of output for the mediator model coefficient: the estimated coefficient with respect to the basis function curve: the estimated coefficient curve fitted: the fitted value of M lambda: the chosen λ value
Y	a list of output for the outcome model coefficient: the estimated coefficient with respect to the basis function curve: the estimated coefficient curve fitted: the fitted value of Y lambda: the chosen λ value
IE	a list of output for the indirect effect comparing Z_{1}(t)=1 versus Z_{0}(t)=0 coefficients: the coefficient with respect to the basis function curve: the estimated causal curve
DE	a list of output for the direct effect comparing Z_{1}(t)=1 versus Z_{0}(t)=0 coefficients: the coefficient with respect to the basis function curve: the estimated causal curve

Author(s)

Yi Zhao, Johns Hopkins University, [e-mail];

Xi Luo, Brown University [e-mail];

Martin Lindquist, Johns Hopkins University, [e-mail];

Brian Caffo, Johns Hopkins University, [e-mail]

References

Zhao et al. (2017). Functional Mediation Analysis with an Application to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data. arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.06923.

Examples

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# Concurrent functional mediation model
data(env.concurrent)
Z<-get("Z",env.concurrent)
M<-get("M",env.concurrent)
Y<-get("Y",env.concurrent)


# consider Fourier basis
fit<-FMA.concurrent.CV(Z,M,Y,intercept=FALSE,timeinv=c(0,300))

# estimate of alpha
plot(fit$M$curve[1,],type="l",lwd=5)
lines(get("alpha",env.concurrent),lty=2,lwd=2,col=2)

# estimate of gamma
plot(fit$Y$curve[1,],type="l",lwd=5)
lines(get("gamma",env.concurrent),lty=2,lwd=2,col=2)

# estimate of beta
plot(fit$Y$curve[2,],type="l",lwd=5)
lines(get("beta",env.concurrent),lty=2,lwd=2,col=2)

# estimate of causal curves
plot(fit$IE$curve,type="l",lwd=5)
plot(fit$DE$curve,type="l",lwd=5)

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