Handling missing data and measurement error for early-onset myopia risk prediction models.

Journal: BMC medical research methodology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Early identification of children at high risk of developing myopia is essential to prevent myopia progression by introducing timely interventions. However, missing data and measurement error (ME) are common challenges in risk prediction modelling that can introduce bias in myopia prediction.

Authors

  • Hongyu Lai
    / ( 610041) West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
  • Kaiye Gao
    School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.
  • Meiyan Li
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
  • Tao Li
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Jining No.1 People's Hospital, Jining, China.
  • Xiaodong Zhou
    Institute of Materials Research Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research).
  • Xingtao Zhou
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
  • Hui Guo
    Health Sciences and Innovation, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, BC, Canada.
  • Bo Fu