Table 1

Indices of goodness of fit of growth mixture model

No of latent classesAICSample-size adjusted BICEntropyLMR LRT
Value(df)p Value
Boys
 199 37399 426
 298 17698 2400.9101157.70(3)<0.0001
 397 74197 8150.906423.70(3)0.0017
 497 44297 5260.896294.01(3)0.0002
 597 29697 3900.898146.31(3)0.0551
Girls
 1128 401128 458
 2126 599126 6660.9511741.77(3)<0.0001
 3126 092126 1700.931493.99(3)0.0002
 4125 681125 7700.926401.18(3)0.0191
 5125 460125 5600.932219.29(3)0.0234
  • AIC, Akaike information criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion; LMR LRT, Lo–Mendell–Rubin likelihood ratio test.