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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Longitudinal Study Design
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Longitudinal cohort studies offer valuable data for retrospective analysis.
  • Outcome-dependent sampling (ODS) is an efficient alternative to random sampling for specimen testing.
  • ODS methods are commonly adapted from case-control designs for repeated binary outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of missing data mechanisms (MCAR, MAR, MNAR) on ODS methods in longitudinal studies.
  • To compare ODS performance when sampling from complete cases versus all individuals.
  • To assess the robustness of ODS analyses with incomplete follow-up.

Main Methods:

  • Simulation studies using data from the Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally HIV Infection, Aging, and Immune Function Long-Term Observational Study cohort.
  • Examining missingness under missing completely at random (MCAR), missing at random (MAR), and missing not at random (MNAR) assumptions.
  • Comparing analyses of complete cases versus all individuals, including those with dropouts.

Main Results:

  • ODS methods show bias with missing not at random (MNAR) data, similar to random sampling.
  • Bias increases when ODS excludes participants with incomplete follow-up.
  • ODS analyses including all individuals are robust to MCAR and less biased by MAR missingness.

Conclusions:

  • Participant dropout is a frequent challenge in longitudinal studies.
  • Investigators using ODS must carefully consider dropout's impact on both sampling and analysis.
  • Including individuals with incomplete follow-up enhances the reliability of ODS in longitudinal research.