Skip to main content

Table 1 Comparison of model fit in the Mixed Model LCA analyses

From: The identification of family subtype based on the assessment of subclinical levels of psychosis in relatives

 

Npar

BIC

STEP 1, determine the number of lower-level latent classes

  

Model 1. 1 higher-level latent class, 1 lower-level latent class

10

11662.99

Model 2. 1 higher-level latent class, 2 lower-level latent classes

16

8339.47

Model 3. 1 higher-level latent class, 3 lower-level latent classes

22

7749.42

Model 4. 1 higher-level latent class, 4 lower-level latent classes

28

7560.36

Model 5. 1 higher-level latent class, 5 lower-level latent classes

34

7420.44

Model 6. 1 higher-level latent class, 6 lower-level latent classes

40

7368.64

Model 7. 1 higher-level latent class, 7 lower-level latent classes

46

7307.69

Model 8. 1 higher-level latent class, 8 lower-level latent classes

52

7298.12

Model 9. 1 higher-level latent class, 9 lower-level latent classes

58

7308.68

Model 10. 1 higher-level latent class, 10 lower-level latent classes

64

7330.06

STEP 2, determine the number of higher-level latent classes

  

Model 11. 1 higher-level latent class, 9 lower-level latent classes (=model 9)

58

7308.68

Model 12. 2 higher-level latent classes, 9 lower-level latent classes

67

7261.36

Model 13. 3 higher-level latent classes, 9 lower-level latent classes

76

7297.57

STEP 3, redetermine the number of lower-level latent classes

  

Model 14. 2 higher-level latent classes, 8 lower-level latent classes

60

7268.99

Model 15. 2 higher-level latent classes, 9 lower-level latent classes (=model 12)

67

7261.36

Model 16. 2 higher-level latent classes, 10 lower-level latent classes

74

7272.55

  1. Note: the best-fitting models in each of the steps are shown in bold.