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Table 1 The comparison of models with differing numbers of latent profiles to determine which of the models fits the data best

From: Longitudinal leisure-time physical activity profiles throughout adulthood and related characteristics: a 36-year follow-up study of the older Finnish Twin Cohort

Number of latent profiles

BIC

LMR

Entropy

AvePP

Profile sizes

Females

 1

55979.93

NA

1.0

1.0

2778

 2

50078.58

< 0.001

0.838

0.963; 0.939

2149; 629

 3

48693.20

< 0.001

0.790

0.873; 0.924; 0.931

777; 1565; 436

 4

48250.09

0.002

0.725

0.746; 0.848; 0.946; 0.876

542; 752; 367; 1117

 5

47914.81

0.002

0.690

0.798; 0.802; 0.931; 0.830; 0.760

792; 553; 256; 628; 549

 6

47743.52

0.078

0.695

0.754; 0.794; 0.841; 0.785; 0.912; 0.815

524; 499; 197; 804; 155; 599

Males

 1

43138.70

NA

1.0

1.0

1938

 2

37605.22

< 0.001

0.857

0.958; 0.961

670; 1268

 3

36391.14

< 0.001

0.840

0.906; 0.953; 0.934

445; 510; 983

 4

36002.79

0.095

0.745

0.882; 0.797; 0.804; 0.956

435; 544; 530; 429

 5

35601.98

0.007

0.773

0.846; 0.926; 0.838; 0.929; 0.835

502; 147; 563; 321; 405

 6

35284.26

0.167

0.765

0.917; 0.788; 0.828; 0.932; 0.823; 0.827

113; 315; 458; 247; 474; 331

  1. BIC Bayesian information criteria, LMR Adjusted Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test, AvePP Average latent profile probabilities for the most likely latent
  2. profile membership