Multiple imputation of cognitive performance as a repeatedly measured outcome

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 55-66

  Rawlings, Andreea Monica ^a   Sang, Yingying ^a   Sharrett, Albert Richey ^a   Coresh, Josef ^a   Griswold, Michael ^b   Kucharska Newton, Anna Maria ^c   Palta, Priya ^c   Wruck, Lisa Miller ^c   Gross, Alden Lawrence ^a   Deal, Jennifer Anne ^a   Power, Melinda Carolyn ^a,d   Bandeen Roche, Karen Jean ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Cognitive function; Epidemiologic methods; Missing data; Multiple imputation; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED WORD RECALL; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODIFIED TELEPHONE INTERVIEW FOR COGNITIVE STATUS; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION BY CHAINED EQUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; WORD FLUENCY TEST; WORD RECOGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84987677368     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-016-0197-8     Document Type: Article

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