Table 1 The statistic of variables before and after missing value handling by different methods
Variable | Statistic | Missing value imputation | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original | EM | k-NN | Mean | ANN | ||
Glucose | Missing (%) | 4.19 | ||||
Mean | 0.088 | 0.088 | 0.088 | 0.088 | 0.089 | |
SD | 0.060 | 0.059 | 0.059 | 0.059 | 0.060 | |
#Data | 886 | 925 | 924 | 929 | 933 | |
Haemoglobin | Missing (%) | 0.95 | ||||
Mean | 0.577 | 0.577 | 0.457 | 0.577 | 0.577 | |
SD | 0.131 | 0.131 | 0.107 | 0.131 | 0.131 | |
#Data | 709 | 716 | 745 | 719 | 715 | |
MCV | Missing (%) | 20.74 | ||||
Mean | 0.795 | 0.795 | 0.811 | 0.795 | 0.788 | |
SD | 0.066 | 0.061 | 0.068 | 0.059 | 0.063 | |
#Data | 706 | 892 | 830 | 900 | 897 | |
lron | Missing (%) | 13.51 | ||||
Mean | 0.262 | 0.329 | 0.258 | 0.262 | 0.327 | |
SD | 0.127 | 0.112 | 0.119 | 0.118 | 0.105 | |
#Data | 671 | 759 | 786 | 751 | 759 | |
Vitamin B12 | Missing (%) | 7.04 | ||||
Mean | 0.094 | 0.094 | 0.094 | 0.094 | 0.093 | |
SD | 0.062 | 0.060 | 0.060 | 0.060 | 0.068 | |
#Data | 863 | 925 | 927 | 929 | 955 | |
Red cell folate | Missing (%) | 8.75 | ||||
Mean | 0.229 | 0.231 | 0.229 | 0.229 | 0.073 | |
SD | 0.141 | 0.137 | 0.135 | 0.135 | 0.046 | |
#Data | 767 | 840 | 840 | 842 | 937 |