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Purpose:Sharing of detailed individual-level data continues to pose challenges in multi-center studies. This issue can be addressed in part by using analytic methods that require only summary-level information to perform the desired multivariable-adjusted analysis. We examined the feasibility and empirical validity of 1) conducting multivariable-adjusted distributed linear regression and 2) combining distributed linear regression with propensity scores, in a large distributed data network. Patients and methods:We compared percent total weight loss 1-year postsurgery between Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy procedure among 43,110 patients from 36 health systems in the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. We adjusted for baseline demographic and clinical variables as individual covariates, deciles of propensity scores, or both, in three separate outcome regression models. We used distributed linear regression, a method that requires only summary-level information (specifically, sums of squares and cross products matrix) from sites, to fit the three ordinary least squares linear regression models. A comparison set of analyses that used pooled deidentified individual-level data from sites served as the reference. Results:Distributed linear regression produced results identical to those from the corresponding pooled individual-level data analysis for all variables in all three models. The maximum numerical difference in the parameter estimate or standard error for all the variables was 3×10-11 across three models. Conclusion:Distributed linear regression analysis is a feasible and valid analytic method in multicenter studies for one-time continuous outcomes. Combining distributed regression with propensity scores via modeling offers more privacy protection and analytic flexibility.
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Clin Epidemioljournal_title
Clinical epidemiologyauthors
Toh S,Wellman R,Coley RY,Horgan C,Sturtevant J,Moyneur E,Janning C,Pardee R,Coleman KJ,Arterburn D,McTigue K,Anau J,Cook AJdoi
10.2147/CLEP.S178163keywords:
["distributed data networks","distributed regression","privacy-protecting methods","propensity score"]subject
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2018-11-27 00:00:00pages
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1179-1349pii
clep-10-1773journal_volume
10pub_type
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