2024
Assessing treatment effect heterogeneity in the presence of missing effect modifier data in cluster-randomized trials
Blette B, Halpern S, Li F, Harhay M. Assessing treatment effect heterogeneity in the presence of missing effect modifier data in cluster-randomized trials. Statistical Methods In Medical Research 2024, 33: 909-927. PMID: 38567439, PMCID: PMC11041086, DOI: 10.1177/09622802241242323.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultilevel multiple imputationHeterogeneous treatment effectsCluster randomized trialPotential effect modifiersMultiple imputationAssess treatment effect heterogeneityEffect modifiersTreatment effect heterogeneityComplete-case analysisMissingness mechanismIntracluster correlationSimulation studyUnder-coverageRandomized trialsEffect heterogeneityHealth StudyTreatment effectsContinuous outcomesClinical practiceImputationModel specificationMissingnessData methodsModified dataTrialsAssociation of marital/partner status with hospital readmission among young adults with acute myocardial infarction.
Zhu C, Dreyer R, Li F, Spatz E, Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Raparelli V, Leifheit E, Lu Y, Krumholz H, Spertus J, D'Onofrio G, Pilote L, Lichtman J. Association of marital/partner status with hospital readmission among young adults with acute myocardial infarction. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0287949. PMID: 38277368, PMCID: PMC10817183, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMarital/partner statusPsychosocial factorsAcute myocardial infarctionYoung adultsHospital dischargeYear of hospital dischargeYoung acute myocardial infarctionAssociated with 1.3-foldCohort of young adultsLong-term readmissionCox proportional hazards modelsStatus interactionSimilar-aged menMyocardial infarctionProportional hazards modelUnpartnered statusPatient interviewsPhysician panelCardiovascular healthHospital readmissionSocioeconomic factorsAMI survivorsSequential adjustmentCardiac readmissionMultiple imputation
2019
Properties and pitfalls of weighting as an alternative to multilevel multiple imputation in cluster randomized trials with missing binary outcomes under covariate-dependent missingness
Turner EL, Yao L, Li F, Prague M. Properties and pitfalls of weighting as an alternative to multilevel multiple imputation in cluster randomized trials with missing binary outcomes under covariate-dependent missingness. Statistical Methods In Medical Research 2019, 29: 1338-1353. PMID: 31293199, DOI: 10.1177/0962280219859915.Peer-Reviewed Original Research