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  • Biostatistics
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  • Medical Research

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  • Multiple imputation is a widely adopted statistical technique for addressing missing data in research.
  • Developing predictive models with interactions in the presence of missing data poses a significant challenge.
  • Identifying interactions is crucial for imputation, yet requires complete data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a practical method for developing predictive models with interactions when dealing with missing data.
  • To address the challenge of simultaneous interaction identification and data imputation.
  • To facilitate the adoption of multiple imputation in medical research.

Main Methods:

  • Investigated two strategies for model development with interactions using a single dataset generated by the Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm.
  • Compared imputation using fully conditional specification and multivariate normal approaches.
  • Applied strategies to data from a childhood asthma study in Durban, South Africa.

Main Results:

  • Both imputation methods (fully conditional specification and multivariate normal) yielded similar results, even with categorical data.
  • Model building using multivariate normal imputed data identified the same variables and interactions across strategies.
  • Backward elimination on EM-imputed data proved easier and effective compared to complete case analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Predictive models with interactions can be developed by identifying significant interactions and applying backward elimination to EM-imputed data.
  • This method simplifies model development in the presence of missing data.
  • The study aims to increase the use of multiple imputation in medical research for datasets with missing values.