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Multiple imputation of cognitive performance as a repeatedly measured outcome.

ABSTRACT: Longitudinal studies of cognitive performance are sensitive to dropout, as participants experiencing cognitive deficits are less likely to attend study visits, which may bias estimated associations between exposures of interest and cognitive decline. Multiple imputation is a powerful tool for handling missing data, however its use for missing cognitive outcome measures in longitudinal analyses remains limited. We use multiple imputation by chained equations (MICE) to impute cognitive performance scores of participants who did not attend the 2011-2013 exam of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. We examined the validity of imputed scores using observed and simulated data under varying assumptions. We examined differences in the estimated association between diabetes at baseline and 20-year cognitive decline with and without imputed values. Lastly, we discuss how different analytic methods (mixed models and models fit using generalized estimate equations) and choice of for whom to impute result in different estimands. Validation using observed data showed MICE produced unbiased imputations. Simulations showed a substantial reduction in the bias of the 20-year association between diabetes and cognitive decline comparing MICE (3-4 % bias) to analyses of available data only (16-23 % bias) in a construct where missingness was strongly informative but realistic. Associations between diabetes and 20-year cognitive decline were substantially stronger with MICE than in available-case analyses. Our study suggests when informative data are available for non-examined participants, MICE can be an effective tool for imputing cognitive performance and improving assessment of cognitive decline, though careful thought should be given to target imputation population and analytic model chosen, as they may yield different estimands.

SUBMITTER: Rawlings AM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332286 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multiple imputation of cognitive performance as a repeatedly measured outcome.

Rawlings Andreea Monica AM Sang Yingying Y Sharrett Albert Richey AR Coresh Josef J Griswold Michael M Kucharska-Newton Anna Maria AM Palta Priya P Wruck Lisa Miller LM Gross Alden Lawrence AL Deal Jennifer Anne JA Power Melinda Carolyn MC Bandeen-Roche Karen Jean KJ

European journal of epidemiology 20160912 1

Longitudinal studies of cognitive performance are sensitive to dropout, as participants experiencing cognitive deficits are less likely to attend study visits, which may bias estimated associations between exposures of interest and cognitive decline. Multiple imputation is a powerful tool for handling missing data, however its use for missing cognitive outcome measures in longitudinal analyses remains limited. We use multiple imputation by chained equations (MICE) to impute cognitive performance ...[more]

PMID: 27619926

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