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Table 2 Latent class analysis results for the identification of the number of ACE patterns

From: Longitudinal influences of adverse childhood experience patterns on mental health among older Chinese people

 

Two Classes

Three Classes

Four Classes

Model fit

   

 BIC

24,676.900

24,595.938

24,636.802

 ABIC

24,629.236

24,522.853

24,538.296

 VLMR-LRT

349.763**

145.797**

25.762

 BLRT

354.982**

147.973**

26.147*

 Entropy

0.366

0.770

0.715

Proportion of class

   

 Class 1

1,426 (33%)

3,162 (73%)

359 (8%)

 Class 2

2,917 (67%)

297 (7%)

299 (7%)

 Class 3

 

884 (20%)

170 (4%)

 Class 4

  

3,515 (81%)

  1. Note. BIC = Bayesian information criterion; ABIC = adjusted Bayesian information criterion
  2. VLMR-LRT = Vuong–Lo–Mendell–Rubin adjusted likelihood ratio test; BLRT = bootstrap likelihood ratio test
  3. *p <.05. **p <.001