Extended Data Table 2.
The imputation was based on delta-adjusted pattern mixture model adjusting for stratification factors with a range of delta values. The pattern mixture model of a binary endpoint can be expressed in the following form:
Where represents the difference in the log-odds of between non-missing and missing, are observed covariates, which is stratification factors here, and is a missing indicator of . While implies data missing at random, implies better outcome in missing patients and otherwise. All the missing pCR was imputed with the same . For example, , and indicates patients with missing pCR would have an odds of 0.5, 1 and 1.5 times achieving a pCR compared to non-missing patients.