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Table 2 Illustration of different methods by example of data from Diamond JA et al. [4]

From: Problems in dealing with missing data and informative censoring in clinical trials

  

Responders+

 

Number of Patients

Observed

Estimated

(a)&

Estimated

(b)&

Estimated

(c)&

Early withdrawal

24(d)

?

0

24

19.2

Completed 6 months

30

24(cr)

24(cr)

24(cr)

24(cr)

Total (%)

54(100)

24(cr)+? (?)

24 (44.4)

48 (88.9)

43.2 (80)

  1. +Responder: effective control of BP and no side effects at month 6. & (a) and (b) assume two extreme informative missing models, (c) assumes missing completely at random (MCAR) model.
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