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Missing data were handled by both the ad hoc last-observation-carried-forward method and the worst-case-scenario method.
BP = blood pressure; HCTZ = hydrochlorothiazide; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; ITT = intent to treat; MCAR = missing completely at random; ICH = International Conference on Harmonization; LOCF last-observation-carried-forward; PMI = proper multiple imputation; MAR = missing at random; PI = partial imputation.
For longitudinal data with multiple time-points, the conventional last-observation-carried-forward (LOCF) approach is a common practice of another simple imputation.
In the last-observation-carried-forward approach, when an observation for a 12-week time point was lacking for a patient, the last available observed value was carried forward.