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Table 2 Model selection for past trends of overweight and obesity

From: Past, present, and future trends of overweight and obesity in Belgium using Bayesian age-period-cohort models

Model

DIC

WAIC

Overweight

 APC

59,870,210

43,824,652

 AP

60,028,035

43,825,596

 AC

60,490,979

44,267,784

 P

63,242,295

47,049,883

 APC + F

58,456,210

42,435,966

Obesity

 APC

33,646,425

19,654,269

 AP

33,770,297

19,607,961

 ACa

NA

NA

 Pa

34,992,302

19,899,193

 APC + F

33,142,627

19,542,554

  1. aOnly converted when prior values were fixed
  2. Abbreviations: APC Age-Period-Cohort, AP Age-Period, AC Age-Cohort, P Period, APC + F Age-Period-Cohort and covariates, DIC Deviance information criterion, WAIC Watanabe–Akaike information criterion
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