| Single development & validation articles§(n = 33) | Separate development & validation articles | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Development cohort | Validation cohort | Development paper | Validation paper** | |
(n = 66) | (n = 45) | |||
Studies with no mention of missing data | 13 (39) | 21 (64) | 30 (45) | 21 (47) |
Studies reporting number of participants with missing data | Information not extracted | 5 (15) | Information not extracted | 18 (40) |
Studies reporting number of missing values for each predictor | Information not extracted | 3 (9) | Information not extracted | 5 (11) |
Studies carrying out complete-case analysis††| 26 (79) | 30 (91) | 43 (65) | 20 (44) |
Studies explicitly mentioning carrying out multiple imputation | Information not extracted | 2 (6) | Information not extracted | 7 (16) |