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Table 2 Fitting statistics of 7 competing models that are only different in the number of latent classes

From: The effect of changes in intraocular pressure on the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma in patients with ocular hypertension: an application of latent class analysis

# latent classes (G)

OHTS

EGPS

 

BIC

LMR-LRT*

Minimal class size

BIC

LMR-LRT

Minimal class size

2

97097

<0.001

47%

39235

<0.001

44%

3

94219

0.002

24%

38395

0.001

14%

4

92922

0.609

14%

38109

0.005

11%

5

92107

0.003

13%

37870

0.009

12%

6

91644

0.042

10%

37760

0.452

9%

7

91289

0.147

7%

37682

0.060

5%

8

91045

0.406

6%

37608

0.011

4%

  1. * Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test, with a smaller p-value favoring the G-class model over the model with G-1 classes (null hypothesis).