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  • Epidemiology

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  • Auxiliary variables are crucial in multiple imputation (MI) for reducing bias and enhancing statistical efficiency.
  • However, these auxiliary variables themselves can be incomplete, posing challenges for MI models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of missing data within auxiliary variables on estimates derived from multiple imputation.
  • To assess how varying proportions and mechanisms of missingness in auxiliary variables affect bias and the fraction of missing information.

Main Methods:

  • A simulation study was conducted with three distinct missing data mechanisms for the primary outcome.
  • The analysis examined the influence of increasing missing data proportions and different missingness mechanisms in auxiliary variables on bias and the fraction of missing information.

Main Results:

  • When complete case analyses were biased, increased missing data in auxiliary variables diminished MI's ability to correct this bias, irrespective of the missing data mechanism.
  • In scenarios without initial bias, incorporating an auxiliary variable with missing not at random data introduced significant bias (up to 17% of effect size in simulations).

Conclusions:

  • The quantity and nature of missing data in auxiliary variables critically impact their utility in multiple imputation.
  • Careful selection and assessment of auxiliary variables are necessary to avoid introducing bias in statistical analyses using MI.