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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Feb 10;57(4):722–729. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02168.x

Table 1.

Why is missing data a special problem in clinical aging research?

Contributors Consequences
High rates of intercurrent events, including deaths Biased results and conclusions
Disability or illness that interferes with data collection Reduced generalizability
Reduced power
Reduced range of effects