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Table 4 The fit of an optimal number of groups for growth mixture models

From: Analysis of heterogeneous growth changes in longitudinal height of children

Group number

Log-likelihood

BIC

Group size (%)

1

 − 106,954.4

213,961.7

6601 (100)

2

 − 106,920.9

213,929.8

4260 (35.5), 2341 (64.5)

3

 − 106,906.1

213,935.3

18.48, 41.65, 39.87

  1. BIC Bayesian Information Criteria