Family income trajectory during childhood is associated with adiposity in adolescence: a latent class growth analysis

Table 2 Indicators of model fit in the Latent Class Growth Analysis ^a (N = 1356)

Classes	BIC^b	Entropy^c	LMR^d
1	17090.729	N/A	N/A
2	11378.546	0.91	p < .0001
3	10602.813	0.845	p < .0001
4	10383.154	0.83	p = .2257
5 ^e	10230.973	0.781	p = .0001
6	10191.308	0.76	p = .0037
7	10178.467	0.761	p = .0577

^a Latent class growth analysis is a person-centered approach that aims to classify individuals into groups based on individual response patterns.
^b BIC = Bayesian Information Criterion; lower values suggest better model fit
^c Entropy values close to 1 are desirable.
^d LMR = Lo, Mendel, Rubin statistic; the emergence of a non-significant LMR suggests that the preceding model with one fewer class may be preferred.
^e The 5-class model was chosen as the final version of the trajectory model, and the corresponding classes were utilized in all subsequent analyses.

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