[R] Is there any package or function perform stepwise variable selection under GEE method?

Hi , I use library(gee),library(geepack),library(yags) perform GEE data analysis , but all of them cannot do variable selection! Both step and stepAIC can do variable selection based on AIC criterion under linear regression and glm, but they cannot work when model is based on GEE. I want to

Re: [R] Is there any package or function perform stepwise variable selection under GEE method?

The absence of stepwise methods works to your advantage, as these yield invalid statistical inference and inflated regression coefficients. Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and ChairmanSchool of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University On Thu,