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Directed acyclic graphs showing the data-generating mechanisms used in the example simulation study under three missing data mechanisms: missing completely at random (MCAR), missing at random (MAR) and missing not at random (MNAR). C is the confounder, E is the exposure, D is the outcome and MC denotes whether C is missing
