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. 2018 Oct 19;34(1):23–36. doi: 10.1007/s10654-018-0447-z

Table 3.

Results of treatment effect estimates from propensity matching and inverse probability weighting, when an unmeasured confounding exists

Homogeneous treatment effect/unmeasured confounding
Propensity matching Propensity weighting
Coefficient MSE Coefficient MSE
Mean SD Mean SD
No missing No adjustment 2.011 0.154 4.068 2.011 0.154 4.068
After adjustment 0.377 0.111 0.154 0.328 0.168 0.136
MCAR Complete case analysis 0.362 0.152 0.154 0.336 0.233 0.167
Missing indicator 0.870 0.138 0.776 0.774 0.171 0.628
Multiple imputation
 With Y 0.376 0.119 0.155 0.330 0.171 0.138
 Without Y 0.807 0.119 0.665 0.771 0.165 0.621
Combined method
 With Y 0.375 0.119 0.155 0.330 0.171 0.138
 Without Y 0.808 0.119 0.667 0.770 0.165 0.620
MNAR Complete case analysis 0.145 0.163 0.048 0.157 0.255 0.089
Missing indicator 0.514 0.117 0.277 0.345 0.197 0.158
Multiple imputation
 With Y 0.422 0.141 0.197 0.354 0.200 0.165
 Without Y 1.003 0.129 1.023 1.028 0.154 1.079
Combined method
 With Y 0.240 0.114 0.071 0.169 0.191 0.065
 Without Y 0.469 0.105 0.231 0.386 0.175 0.180