Practical considerations for sensitivity analysis after multiple imputation applied to epidemiological studies with incomplete data

Table 2 Multivariate regression to explain the missing indicator of genotype 3 using covariates

Genotype 3 missing indicator	Regression coefficients	SE*	P*
Severe liver disease ^†	−0.05	0.13	0.72
Age	0.16	0.09	0.06
Sex	0.04	0.08	0.63
Disease duration ^‡	0.19	0.08	0.04
Delay of referral ⁴	0.05	0.08	0.53
Alcohol consumption ⁵	−0.005	0.07	0.94
HIV serostatus	0.02	0.14	0.90
HbsAg status	−0.14	0.23	0.52

* P, pvalue; SE, standard error.
† Cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma.
‡ Time from suspected year of infection to year of referral to the reference centre. Suspected year of HCV infection is defined as year of the last HCV negative test performed during the drug-use period or year of first drug injection.
⁴ Time between testing and first referral.
⁵ >210 g/week for women and >280 g/week for men.

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