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. 2020 Nov 26;10(12):486. doi: 10.3390/metabo10120486

Table A5.

RMSE of the imputation methods across different parameters on different metabolites.

Missing Mechanism Sample Size Missing Percentage Metabolites/Imputation Method
PC(32:2) Succinylcarnitine Glutamate Urate
MICE-pmm kNN-obs-sel MICE-pmm kNN-obs-sel MICE-pmm kNN-obs-sel MICE-pmm kNN-obs-sel
MCAR n = 50 15% 6.56 × 10−8 7.48 × 10−8 6.5 × 10−7 7.73 × 10−7 3.32 × 10−9 3.3 × 10−9 1.44 × 10−9 1.69 × 10−9
30% 1.04 × 10−7 1.22 × 10−7 1.02 × 10−6 1.44 × 10−6 5.76 × 10−9 5.8 × 10−9 3.59 × 10−9 2.8 × 10−9
60% 2.33 × 10−7 2.49 × 10−7 2.22 × 10−6 2.95 × 10−6 1.01 × 10−8 1.16 × 10−8 1.31 × 10−8 5.59 × 10−9
n = 150 15% 1.71 × 10−8 1.69 × 10−8 3.97 × 10−7 4.6 × 10−7 1.62 × 10−9 1.46 × 10−9 8.24 × 10−10 8.75 × 10−10
30% 2.63 × 10−8 2.49 × 10−8 6.48 × 10−7 8.5 × 10−7 2.45 × 10−9 2.29 × 10−9 1.38 × 10−9 1.47 × 10−9
60% 5.23 × 10−8 4.78 × 10−8 1.27 × 10−6 1.84 × 10−6 4.62 × 10−9 4.96 × 10−9 2.97 × 10−9 3.51 × 10−9
n = 599 15% 8.64 × 10−9 1.08 × 10−8 2,00 × 10−7 3.35 × 10−7 8.12 × 10−10 8.17 × 10−10 4.45 × 10−10 6.71 × 10−10
30% 1.28 × 10−8 1.95 × 10−8 3.08 × 10−7 6.6 × 10−7 1.28 × 10−9 1.36 × 10−9 7.05 × 10−10 1.24 × 10−9
60% 2.63 × 10−8 5.04 × 10−8 5.91 × 10−7 1.61 × 10−6 2.5 × 10−9 3.29 × 10−9 1.35 × 10−9 3.04 × 10−9
PLoD n = 50 15% 3.99 × 10−8 3.23 × 10−8 2.98 × 10−7 2,00 × 10−7 2.81 × 10−9 2.26 × 10−9 1.11 × 10−9 1.38 × 10−9
30% 7.36 × 10−8 5.36 × 10−8 5.66 × 10−7 3.48 × 10−7 4.47 × 10−9 3.51 × 10−9 2.4 × 10−9 2.24 × 10−9
60% 1.87 × 10−7 1.25 × 10−7 2,00 × 10−6 1.27 × 10−6 1.1 × 10−8 9.79 × 10−9 7.42 × 10−9 5.62 × 10−9
n = 150 15% 1.33 × 10−8 1.36 × 10−8 3.62 × 10−7 3.8 × 10−7 1.7 × 10−9 1.45 × 10−9 6.97 × 10−10 5.99 × 10−10
30% 1.96 × 10−8 2.15 × 10−8 5.97 × 10−7 6.46 × 10−7 2.27 × 10−9 2.36 × 10−9 1.18 × 10−9 9.27 × 10−10
60% 4.42 × 10−8 3.98 × 10−8 1.07 × 10−6 1.23 × 10−6 5.11 × 10−9 6.55 × 10−9 2.39 × 10−9 2.07 × 10−9
n = 599 15% 7.54 × 10−9 8.52 × 10−9 1.67 × 10−7 2.56 × 10−7 6.6 × 10−10 6.22 × 10−10 3.77 × 10−10 4.03 × 10−10
30% 1.17 × 10−8 1.64 × 10−8 2.64 × 10−7 5.32 × 10−7 9.61 × 10−10 1.01 × 10−9 6.55 × 10−10 7.2 × 10−10
60% 2.96 × 10−8 5.82 × 10−8 6.4 × 10−7 1.65 × 10−6 1.64 × 10−9 1.68 × 10−9 1.25 × 10−9 2.53 × 10−9

Abbreviations: MCAR: missing completely at random; PLoD: probabilistic limit of detection; MICE-pmm [m = 1]: MICE-pmm with a single imputation.