Table 7. Summary of multiple imputation models features.

Features	JM-MVN	JM-MLMM	JM-FJ	JM-SMC	FCS-standard	FCS-LMM	FCS-LMM-het
Unbalanced data	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Imputation of discrete variables	continuous	continuous	latent noπnal	latent noπnal	categorical	continuous	continuous
Analysis of discrete variables	require rounding	require rounding	Yes	Yes	Yes	require rounding	require rounding
Longitudinal data
Consistent estimation of random intercepts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Consistent estimation of random slopes
with incomplete covariates	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
with incomplete covariates and outcome	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Clustered data
Consistent estimation of random intercepts		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Consistent estimation of random slopes
with incomplete covariates		No	No	Yes		No	Yes
with incomplete covariates and outcome		No	No	Yes		No	No