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Health state descriptions missed categories in every domain that were relevant to patients' experience, although all categories included in the health state descriptions were identified as important to patients in the qualitative studies.
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Only 83 patients gave their consent for the interview, 73 were LFU and 10 were in the missed category.
16 Categorical variables that included missing data were recorded by reassigning missing values to separate "missing" categories in order to maximise the number of subjects included in the statistical analysis and thereby maximise statistical power.
Estimates for missing categories are not reported.
To maximize the sample size, we created missing categories in potential confounders.
To maximize sample sizes in multivariable analyses, we included "missing" categories for all potential confounders.
Results of complete-case analyses with missing observations excluded (data not shown) were similar to results using missing categories.
For individuals missing data on continuous covariates, values were imputed from sample means; missing categories were created for categorical variables with missing data.
There was less than 0.5% missing data in demographic variables and 10% in income quintiles; missing categories were excluded from the regression analyses.
In an effort to make full use of the available information, missing categories were introduced for candidate predictors with more than 5% missing values.
To maximize sample size in multivariable analysis, missing categories were created for all potential confounders except high cholesterol and BMI category (both n = 1).
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