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World J Gastrointest Surg. Feb 27, 2026; 18(2): 114951
Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114951
Table 2 Performance comparison of different imputation methods under various missingness rates
Missing rate (%)
Imputation method
NRMSE
PFC
AUC
5Mean/mode0.12900.32400.6125
KNN0.12740.32640.6167
MICE0.12000.29940.6194
MissForest0.11600.26350.6222
HDI-MF-Gower0.11220.24710.6278
10Mean/mode0.13390.32360.6097
KNN0.13680.32610.6292
MICE0.12420.30720.6319
MissForest0.12210.26250.6514
HDI-MF-Gower0.12010.25570.6568
15Mean/mode0.13420.32790.6208
KNN0.13650.32110.6458
MICE0.12610.30630.6569
MissForest0.12270.26770.6602
HDI-MF-Gower0.12020.26190.6678
20Mean/mode0.14130.33140.6306
KNN0.13530.31870.6361
MICE0.13020.30980.6396
MissForest0.12940.27550.6439
HDI-MF-Gower0.12550.26500.6525


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