Conditional and unconditional categorical regression models with missing covariates

Biometrics. 2000 Jun;56(2):384-8. doi: 10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.00384.x.

Abstract

We consider methods for analyzing categorical regression models when some covariates (Z) are completely observed but other covariates (X) are missing for some subjects. When data on X are missing at random (i.e., when the probability that X is observed does not depend on the value of X itself), we present a likelihood approach for the observed data that allows the same nuisance parameters to be eliminated in a conditional analysis as when data are complete. An example of a matched case-control study is used to demonstrate our approach.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biometry / methods*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Epidemiologic Methods*
  • Humans
  • Likelihood Functions
  • Models, Statistical*
  • Probability
  • Regression Analysis*