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Table 2 Fit statistics of the Latent Growth Curve Model and Growth Mixture Models

From: The impact of physical activity on healthy ageing trajectories: evidence from eight cohort studies

 

Linear growth - Number of latent classes

 

1 class

2 classes

3 classes

4 classes

5 classes

Loglikelihood

(N of parameters)

−1,661,740 (6)

−1,657,724 (9)

−1,656,300 (12)

−1,655,481 (15)

−1,654,823 (18)

BLRT

 

8032.7***

2846.4***

1639.3***

1314.5***

Adj. LMR-LRT

 

7811.6***

2768.1***

1594.2***

1278.3***

BIC

3,323,552

3,315,554

3,312,743

3,311,139

3,309,860

SABIC

3,323,532

3,315,526

3,312,705

3,311,091

3,309,803

Entropy

 

0.644

0.692

0.661

0.690

Group size (%)

 Class 1

100

73.5

4.1

54.1

17.2

 Class 2

 

26.5

25.4

9.9

2.1

 Class 3

  

70.5

3.6

43.1

 Class 4

   

32.4

34.1

 Class 5

    

3.5

 

Quadratic growth - Number of latent classes

 

1 class

2 classes

3 classes

4 classes

5 classes

Loglikelihood (N of parameters)

−1,660,737 (10)

−1,656,703 (14)

−1,655,111 (18)

−1,654,139 (22)

 

BLRT

 

8067.8***

3184.6***

1943.9***

 

Adj. LMR-LRT

 

7900.1***

3118.4***

1903.5***

 

BIC

3,321,592

3,313,571

3,310,434

3,308,537

 

SABIC

3,321,560

3,313,527

3,310,377

3,308,467

 

Entropy

 

0.644

0.722

0.668

 

Group size (%)

 Class 1

100

73.5

25.2

34.2

 

 Class 2

 

26.5

3.4

12.2

 

 Class 3

  

71.4

3.3

 

 Class 4

   

50.3

 

 Class 5

     
  1. Note. *** p < .001. The model with quadratic growth and 5 classes provided an improper solution and therefore is not displayed in the table. BLRT Bootstrap likelihood ratio test; Adj. LMR-LRT Adjusted Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test; BIC Bayesian Information Criterion; SABIC Sample-size-Adjusted Bayesian Information Criterion