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Table 2 Dukes’ stage probabilities given age and mortality, estimated under MAR and the elicited mean (variance)

From: What impact do assumptions about missing data have on conclusions? A practical sensitivity analysis for a cancer survival registry

Characteristic

Dukes’ stage probabilities under MAR

Elicited Dukes’ stage probabilities

Mean (variance)

Alive 30 days after surgery and age ≤ 70

Dukes’ stage A

0.13

0.21 (0.008)

Dukes’ stage B

0.35

0.32 (0.010)

Dukes’ stage C

0.39

0.28 (0.005)

Dukes’ stage D

0.12

0.19 (0.045)

Dead 30 days after surgery and age ≤ 70

Dukes’ stage A

0.08

0.05 (0.001)

Dukes’ stage B

0.31

0.17 (0.002)

Dukes’ stage C

0.41

0.38 (0.002)

Dukes’ stage D

0.20

0.40 (0.001)

Alive 30 days after surgery and age > 70

Dukes’ stage A

0.13

0.24 (0.013)

Dukes’ stage B

0.43

0.37 (0.016)

Dukes’ stage C

0.36

0.23 (0.009)

Dukes’ stage D

0.08

0.17 (0.046)

Dead 30 days after surgery and age > 70

Dukes’ stage A

0.07

0.08 (0.003)

Dukes’ stage B

0.39

0.26 (0.010)

Dukes’ stage C

0.39

0.36 (0.012)

Dukes’ stage D

0.14

0.29 (0.025)