Skip to main content

Table 2 BIC and Posterior Probability for Different Numbers of Groups of Trajectories by Different BMI %ile Criterion

From: Obesity status trajectory groups among elementary school children

Criterion

OW/OB (BMI ≥ 85 %ile)

OB (BMI ≥ 95 %ile)

No. of trajectory groups

2

3

4

5

6

2

3

4

BIC

All (n = 1651)

-5874.88

-5213.91

-4940.67

-4831.01

-4769.61

-3546.15

-3210.64

-3099.03

Average Posterior Probability

All (n = 1651)

0.99

0.98

0.98

0.97

0.96

0.99

0.99

0.98

  1. Note. BIC = Bayesian information criterion