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A comparison of methods to estimate the survivor average causal effect in the presence of missing data: a simulation study

BACKGROUND: Attrition due to death and non-attendance are common sources of bias in studies of age-related diseases. A simulation study is presented to compare two methods for estimating the survivor average causal effect (SACE) of a binary exposure (sex-specific dietary iron intake) on a binary out...

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Autores principales: McGuinness, Myra B., Kasza, Jessica, Karahalios, Amalia, Guymer, Robyn H., Finger, Robert P., Simpson, Julie A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31795945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0874-x