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Preferred term

Kaplan-Meier Estimate  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A nonparametric method of compiling LIFE TABLES or survival tables. It combines calculated probabilities of survival and estimates to allow for observations occurring beyond a measurement threshold, which are assumed to occur randomly. Time intervals are defined as ending each time an event occurs and are therefore unequal. (From Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1995)

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Kaplan-Meier Analysis
  • Kaplan-Meier Test
  • Product-Limit Method

In other languages

  • French

  • Analyse de Kaplan-Meier
  • Estimation de Kaplan et Meier
  • Méthode de Kaplan et Meier
  • Méthode de Kaplan-Meier
  • Méthode du produit limite
  • Test de Kaplan-Meier

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