Table 2.
Illustration of different methods by example of data from Diamond JA et al. [4]
| Responders+ | |||||
| Number of Patients | Observed | Estimated (a)& |
Estimated (b)& |
Estimated (c)& |
|
| Early withdrawal | 24(d) | ? | 0 | 24 | 19.2 |
| Completed 6 months | 30 | 24(cr) | 24(cr) | 24(cr) | 24(cr) |
| Total (%) | 54(100) | 24(cr)+? (?) | 24 (44.4) | 48 (88.9) | 43.2 (80) |
+Responder: effective control of BP and no side effects at month 6. & (a) and (b) assume two extreme informative missing models, (c) assumes missing completely at random (MCAR) model.