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. 2023 Nov 20;13:20335. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-46739-z

Table 2.

Random effect parameters and model comparison.

Cluster level variance ICC (%) PCV (%) Log likelihood Assumption (chi2(df), p value))
Models for pregnant mothers
 Null model 0.067 1.99 Reference − 36,766.157 Null model is nested in Model I (LR chi2(9) = 720.08, < 0.001)
 Model I 0.065 1.94 2.98 − 36,406.115 Model I is nested in Model II (LR chi2(10) = 204.09, ≤ 0.001)
 Model II 0.058 1.73 10.45 − 36,304.071
 Model III 0.057 1.70 14.92 − 36,298.683 Model II is nested in Model III (LR chi2(1) = 10.78, 0.001)
Models for non-pregnant mothers
 Null model 0.530 13.87 Reference − 533,346.2 Null model is nested in Model I (LR chi2(10) = 2577.88, < 0.001)
 Model I 0.523 13.72 1.32 − 532,057.26 Model I is nested in Model II (LR chi2 (10) = 1394.50, ≤ 0.001)
 Model II 0.517 13.58 2.45 − 531,360.01
 Model III 0.515 13.53 2.83 − 531,314.53 Model II is nested in Model III (LR chi2(1) = 90.95, ≤ 0.001)

ICC Intra-class Correlation Coefficient, PCV Proportional Change in Variance.