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Table 1 Comparison of model fit from 1 to 5 classes

From: Sociodemographic characteristics associated with alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences, a latent class analysis of The Norwegian WIRUS screening study

Model

log-likelihood

resid. df

BIC

aBIC

cAIC

Likelihood-ratio

Entropy

VLMR-LRT

LMR-A-LRT

1 class

−24,274.68

4278

48,825.54

48,720.68

48,858.54

10,949.552

2 classes

−21,761.46

4244

44,083.64

43,870.74

44,150.64

5923.110

0.769

p < .0001

p < .0001

3 classes

−21,050.71

4210

42,946.68

42,625.74

43,047.68

4501.606

0.825

p < .0001

p < .0001

4 classes

−20,855.28

4176

42,840.36

42,411.39

42,975.36

4110.743

0.755

p = .7537

p = .7537

5 classes

−20,681.74

4142

42,777.83

42,240.82

42,946.83

3763.674

0.758

p = .5294

p = .5306

  1. Bold indicates statistically significant differences
  2. BIC Bayesian Information Criteria
  3. AIC Aikaike Information Criteria
  4. VLMR-LRT Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood-ratio test for k-1 versus k classes
  5. LMR-A-LRT Lo-Mendell-Rubin adjusted likelihood-ratio test for k-1 versus k classes