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  • Statistics
  • Biostatistics
  • Longitudinal Data Analysis

Background:

  • Missing data is a common challenge in longitudinal studies.
  • Available-case analysis (ACA) and multiple imputation (MI) are methods to handle missing data.
  • Understanding their performance in longitudinal analysis is crucial for accurate results.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of ACA and various MI methods in longitudinal data analysis.
  • To evaluate estimation bias and relative efficiency under different missing data scenarios.
  • To provide recommendations for handling missing data in longitudinal studies.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic synthetic data analysis using a linear mixed-effects model.
  • Simulation of missing data in longitudinal outcomes and/or covariates under various missing data mechanisms (e.g., Missing At Random - MAR).
  • Comparison of ACA with single-level (e.g., Fully Conditional Specification - FCS) and multilevel MI methods.

Main Results:

  • ACA can produce estimation bias when covariate missingness depends on observed responses.
  • ACA is preferred when only longitudinal responses have missing values.
  • Single-level MI methods like FCS offer unbiased estimates across various missing data scenarios and can improve efficiency.

Conclusions:

  • The choice between ACA and MI methods depends on the specific missing data patterns and study design.
  • FCS multiple imputation is a robust method for handling missing data in longitudinal analyses, offering unbiased estimates and potential efficiency gains.
  • Recommendations are provided based on theoretical justification and simulation results for different missing data scenarios.