Missing covariate data in clinical research: When and when not to use the missing-indicator method for analysis

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1265-1269

  Groenwold, Rolf H H ^a   White, Ian R ^b   Donders, A Rogier T ^c   Carpenter, James R ^d   Altman, Douglas G ^e   Moons, Karel G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSIVE PYSCHOPATHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864817853     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.110977     Document Type: Article

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