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Table 2 Imputation process, in order of execution, for each of the datasets in the integrated dataset

From: A holistic comparative analysis of diagnostic tests for urothelial carcinoma: a study of Cxbladder Detect, UroVysion® FISH, NMP22® and cytology based on imputation of multiple datasets

Imputation step

Model inputs

Imputed variable output

 
 

Datasets

Variables

Dataset

Variable

Number of samples imputed

1

5

Age, gender, cytology, FISH, Cxbladder Detect

5

NMP22

2

2

5

Age, gender, NMP22, FISH, Cxbladder Detect

5

Cytology

3

3

1, 4, 5

Age, gender, cytology, NMP22

4

Cxbladder Detect

193

4

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Age, gender, cytology, Cxbladder Detect

2

NMP22

80

  

3

NMP22

80

5

3, 4, 5

Age, gender, cytology, Cxbladder Detect

3

FISH

68

6

2, 4, 5

Age, gender, cytology, Cxbladder Detect

2

FISH

80

7

1, 4, 5

Age, gender, cytology, Cxbladder Detect

1

FISH

474

  1. Note: all imputations maintain at least a 70 % level of known data