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. 2025 May 10;15(5):195. doi: 10.3390/jpm15050195
RCT Randomised controlled trial
ITT Intention-to-treat
PP Per-protocol
IPW Inverse probability weighting
IPTW Inverse probability of treatment weighting
MSM Marginal structural model
IPW-MSM Inverse probability weighting as part of a marginal structural model
PSM Propensity score matching
ATE Average treatment effect
ATT Average treatment effect on the treated
IPCW Inverse probability of censoring weighting
SMD Standardised mean difference
MI Multiple imputation
MCMC Markov chain Monte Carlo
BART Bayesian additive regression trees
MAR Missing at Random
MNAR Missing Not at Random
EHR Electronic health record
eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate
DAG Directed acyclic graph
TARGET TrAnsparent ReportinG of observational studies Emulating a Target trial reporting guideline
AI Artificial intelligence