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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Missing data is a common challenge in longitudinal cohort studies.
  • Effective imputation methods are crucial for reliable data analysis and subsequent statistical modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of eight common missing data imputation techniques.
  • To evaluate their impact on longitudinal data and subsequent multivariate analyses.
  • To provide guidance for selecting appropriate imputation methods in cohort studies.

Main Methods:

  • A simulation study was conducted using R language software.
  • Longitudinal data with missing values were generated using the Monte Carlo method.
  • Imputation methods were evaluated based on average absolute deviation, average relative deviation, and Type I error in regression analysis.

Main Results:

  • Mean imputation, k-nearest neighbor (KNN), regression imputation, and random forest demonstrated stable and comparable imputation effects.
  • Hot deck imputation performed less effectively than the aforementioned methods.
  • K-means clustering and expectation maximization (EM) algorithm showed the poorest and most unstable results.
  • Mean imputation, EM algorithm, random forest, KNN, and regression imputation effectively controlled Type I error, while multiple imputations, hot deck, and K-means clustering did not.

Conclusions:

  • Mean imputation, KNN, regression imputation, and random forest are recommended for missing data in longitudinal studies under the missing at random mechanism.
  • Multiple imputations and hot deck can be suitable when the missing data ratio is low.
  • K-means clustering and EM algorithm are not advised due to their instability and poor performance.