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Table 5 Selected variables selected in the NHANES-dataset by the four pooling methods

From: A simple pooling method for variable selection in multiply imputed datasets outperformed complex methods

M = 5, P-out < 0.05

N = 250

N = 300

N = 400

N = 500

N = 1000

Variables

D1

D2

D3

MPR

D1

D2

D3

MPR

D1

D2

D3

MPR

D1

D2

D3

MPR

D1

D2

D3

MPR

Age

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

   

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

BMI

  

X

X

    

X

X

X

X

    

X

X

X

X

Pulse

                    

BPSysAve

                    

BPDiaAve

                    

TotChol

                    

Gender (Dich)

                    

Diabetes (Dich)

                    

Race (Cat)

                    

Education (Cat)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Depressed (Cat)

                    

LittleInterest (Cat)

               

X

X

 

X

X

  1. M Number of imputations, P-out P-value for excluding a variable from the prognostic model, N Number of observations, D1 D1-method, D2 D2-method, D3 D3-method, MPR Median P-Rule
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