The performance of multiple imputation for missing covariate data within the context of regression relative survival analysis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 30, 2008, Pages 6310-6331

  Giorgi, Roch ^a   Belot, Aurélien ^b,c   Gaudart, Jean ^a   Launoy, Guy ^d   Velten, M ^e   Launoy, G ^e   Faivre, J ^e   Danzon, A ^e   Tretarre B ^e   Colonna, M ^e   Bara, S ^e   Bourdon Raverdy, N ^e   Grosclaude, P ^e   Sauvage, M ^e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Missing data; Multiple imputation; Proportional hazards model; Relative survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 63249095839     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3476     Document Type: Article

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