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Table 3 Goodness-of-fit statistics and likelihood ratio tests of latent class analysis models containing different numbers of class for ACEs

From: Higher exposure to childhood adversity associates with lower adult flourishing

Latent class model

Number of free parameters

Log likelihood

BIC

aBIC

Entropy

LMRT

BLRT

Smallest class

1

12

−29,167

58,445

58,407

N/A

N/A

N/A

NA

2

25

−26,632

53,493

53,413

0.817

<0.001

<0.001

14.6%

3

38

−26,394

53,136

53,015

0.758

<0.001

<0.001

4.7%

4

51

−26,272

53,010

52,848

0.795

0.003

0.003

0.5%

5

64

−26,232

53,050

52,847

0.813

0.5945

0.596

0.6%

  1. Note. ACEs Adverse childhood experiences, BIC Bayesian information criterion, aBIC adjusted Bayesian information criterion, LMRT Lo-Mendell-Rubin Likelihood Ratio test, BLRT Bootstrap Likelihood Ratio Test