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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Health Informatics
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are valuable for health research but often contain missing data, potentially causing bias.
  • Multiple imputation (MI) methods aim to address missing data, but no single algorithm is universally optimal.
  • Selecting appropriate MI parameters and modeling choices is challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel framework for numerically evaluating missing data handling strategies.
  • To focus on multiple imputation techniques within statistical analysis.
  • To assess the performance of different missing data handling methods in a real-world healthcare dataset.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a framework for evaluating missing data handling strategies.
  • Applied the framework to a large cohort of type-2 diabetes patients from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Enclave.
  • Compared multiple imputation techniques with complete-case Inverse Probability Weighted models.

Main Results:

  • The proposed framework effectively identified the most performant missing-data handling strategy for the case study.
  • The methodology provided insights into the behavior of different models and parameter effects.
  • Demonstrated the framework's feasibility on a large, heterogeneous dataset.

Conclusions:

  • The novel framework offers a robust approach to evaluating missing data handling methods in statistical analysis.
  • This methodology enhances understanding of model behavior and parameter influence.
  • The generalizable approach can be applied across various research fields and datasets.