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. 2018 Aug 29;18:89. doi: 10.1186/s12874-018-0548-0

Table 3.

Slope coefficients and SE from mixed effects substantive model (random intercepts and slopes) with global cognitive score outcome and 5% of participants with informative attrition

Observed in Whitehall II study Full simulated data Estimation method Estimation method
Available case MI PMM Available case MI PMM
Impute smokinga Impute educationa
Coefficient (SE)
 Reference − 0.3120 − 0.3120 (0.0095) − 0.3082 (0.0139) −0.3026 (0.0141) − 0.3401 (0.0153) − 0.3090 0.0133) − 0.2885 (0.0104) − 0.3240 (0.0119)
Smoking status
 Ex-smoker −0.3271 − 0.3272 (0.0096) − 0.3236 (0.0142) − 0.3208 (0.0145) − 0.3710 (0.0159) − 0.3244 (0.0135) − 0.3040 (0.0108) − 0.3377 (0.0123)
 Current smoker −0.4228 − 0.4229 (0.0110) − 0.4185 (0.0159) − 0.3970 (0.0162) − 0.4558 (0.0176) −0.4190 (0.0156) − 0.3975 (0.0131) −0.4447 (0.0152)
Age Category (year)
 50 and < 55 −0.3619 −0.3619 (0.0091) − 0.3577 (0.0135) −0.3510 (0.0138) − 0.3925 (0.0151) −0.3585 (0.0129) − 0.3377 (0.0100) −0.3779 (0.0117)
 55 and < 60 − 0.4400 −0.4398 (0.0093) −0.4350 (0.0139) − 0.4262 (0.0142) − 0.4789 (0.0156) − 0.4359 (0.0132) − 0.4133 (0.0105) − 0.4644 (0.0124)
 60 and < 65 − 0.5029 −0.5029 (0.0095) −0.4971 (0.0154) − 0.4824 (0.0158) − 0.5517 (0.0170) − 0.4984 (0.0148) − 0.4700 (0.0128) − 0.5390 (0.0145)
 65 −0.5699 − 0.5703 (0.0108) −0.5648 (0.0419) − 0.5382 (0.0417) −0.5717 (0.0425) − 0.5637 (0.0433) −0.5204 (0.0433) − 0.5588 (0.0438)
Employment grade
 Intermediate −0.2481 −0.2483 (0.0091) −0.2434 (0.0135) − 0.2358 (0.0137) − 0.2928 (0.0151) − 0.2443 (0.0126) − 0.2237 (0.0100) − 0.2805 (0.0117)
 Low − 0.2178 − 0.2173 (0.0129) − 0.2093 (0.0198) − 0.1974 (0.0200) − 0.2963 (0.0226) −0.2096 (0.0189) − 0.1857 (0.0178) −0.2870 (0.0208)
Education
 School −0.3222 −0.3223 (0.0052) − 0.3214 (0.0063) −0.3198 (0.0064) − 0.3260 (0.0068) −0.3213 (0.0059) − 0.3165 (0.0059) −0.3274 (0.0063)
 University −0.3232 − 0.3232 (0.0043) − 0.3229 (0.0051) − 0.3224 (0.0052) − 0.3220 (0.0055) − 0.3229 (0.0052) − 0.3241 (0.0051) − 0.3304 (0.0054)

MI multiple imputation, PMM pattern mixture modelling

aMissing global cognitive function scores also imputed