The MCF shows the population mean number of recurrent events by certain times [ 29]: MCF(t ) = E{ N (t )}.
In each group, we have estimated the time-dependent conditional probability that a patient, who may die or undergo surgery, dies if not operated by certain times.
**The combined category refers to the numbers and percentages of infants introduced to any of the eight listed liquids and foods by certain times after delivery.
In quantifying the risk of preoperative death among patients needing CABG, the Kaplan-Meier method is commonly used to estimate the cumulative probability of death by certain times after registration for the operation [ 27- 29].
We, therefore, estimated the time-dependent probability of death, given that CABG was not performed by certain times, using data from a prospective database of all adult patients who were accepted for isolated first time coronary artery surgery in British Columbia [BC], Canada.
The cumulative incidence of pre-operative death, the cumulative incidence of surgery, and the probability that a patient, who may die or undergo surgery, dies if not operated by certain times over the 52-week period after the decision for CABG were estimated.
Therefore, an alternative approach to summarize competing risks data is to estimate the proportion of patients dying by a certain time among those not receiving treatment by that time [ 10].
