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From: Dealing with missing data in laboratory test results used as a baseline covariate: results of multi-hospital cohort studies utilizing a database system contributing to MID-NET® in Japan

Fig. 5

Scenario2 (the risk of hepatic injury associated with rosuvastatin use compared to atorvastatin use). The difference in hazard ratios between approaches considering the hospital variations. Abbreviations: aHR, adjusted hazard ratio; ALT, alanine transaminase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; CI, confidence interval; IPW, inverse probability weighted; LDL-chol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MI, multiple imputation; TG, triglyceride; PS, propensity score; SRI, single regression imputation. † Not shown in the forest plot if the aHR is 8. or more. ‡The sample size in PS matching with MI gives the mean of 10 matched samples

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