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Table 2 Determining the number of latent groups

From: Sex differences in the trajectories of and factors related to extracurricular sport participation and exercise: a cohort study spanning 13 years

Number of latent classes

Log-likelihood

AIC

BIC

Adjusted BIC

ACP

Males (n = 1075)

 1

−14,883.36

15,712.29

15,906.51

15,782.64

1.00

 2

−14,170.26

14,366.09

14,759.51

14,508.59

0.92

 3

−13,968.68

14,042.93

14,635.56

14,257.59

0.86

4

−13,825.06

13,835.68

14,627.51

14,122.50

0.83

 5

−13,718.09

13,701.75

14,692.79

14,060.72

0.83

 6

−13,619.73

13,585.02

14,775.26

14,016.14

0.81

Females (n = 997)

 1

−13,383.32

13,826.91

14,018.19

13,894.33

1.00

 2

−12,776.92

12,694.10

13,081.58

12,830.67

0.91

 3

−12,586.32

12,392.91

12,976.58

12,598.63

0.85

4

−12,436.66

12,173.58

12,953.44

12,448.44

0.84

 5

−12,337.51

12,055.29

13,031.33

12,399.30

0.82

 6

−12,257.19

11,974.65

13,146.89

12,387.81

0.82

  1. AIC Akaike Information Criterion, BIC the Bayesian Information Criterion; Adjusted BIC, sample size-adjusted BIC. ACP average classification probability
  2. Bolded letters indicate selected models