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Table 2 Results of suitability and adjustment of the tested latent class models, 2019

From: Factors associated with the use of health services by elderly men in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Statistical Criteria

Number of classes

2

3

4

5

6

AIC

103,492.82

92,281.90

89,290.02

88,772.99

88,488.22

BIC

103,892.26

92,884.69

90,096.16

89,782.48

89,701.07

Adjusted BIC

103,717.48

92,620.93

89,743.42

89,340.76

89,170.36

Entropy

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.936

0.941

Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin – LRT

p = 0.0000

p = 0.0000

p = 0.0000

p = 0.0000

p = 0.3337

Lo-Mendell-Rubin – LRT

p = 0.0000

p = 0.0000

p = 0.0000

p = 0.0000

p = 0.3358

  1. Source: Prepared by the author
  2. Legend: AIC Akaike Information Criterion, BIC Bayesian Information Criterion, LRT Likelihood Test