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Table 3 Comparison of LCA Models With Different Latent Classes Based on Model Selection Statistics

From: Mental disorders pattern in staff of a military unit in Iran: the role of metabolic syndrome on latent class membership

Number of latent class

Number of parameters estimated

G2

df

AIC

BIC

Entropy

Maximum log-likelihood

1

9

820.69

502

838.45

878.80

–

− 902.69

2

19

188.50

492

226.50

311.68

0.99

− 586.72

3

29

134.98

482

192.98

323.00

0.94

− 559.96

4

39

110.08

472

188.08

362.92

0.92

− 547.51

5

49

93.76

462

191.76

411.43

0.93

−539.34

6

59

78.42

452

196.42

460.92

0.94

− 531.68

  1. LCA latent class analysis, AIC Akaike information criterion, BIC Bayesian information criterion