Statistical Methods

Sensitivity analyses restricted the data to first hospitalisations and used mixed-effects logistic regression with patient-level random intercepts. Mixed-effects logistic regression produced results consistent with the main GEE analysis bu…

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Sensitivity analyses restricted the data to first hospitalisations and used mixed-effects logistic regression with patient-level random intercepts. Mixed-effects logistic regression produced results consistent with the main GEE analysis but with wider confidence intervals. Stratified discharge-setting analyses assessed effect modification, and Wald tests evaluated interaction p-values.