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. 2026 Jul 7;26:1233. doi: 10.1186/s12877-026-07939-0

Table 2.

Fit indices for latent profile models

Number of profiles BIC SABIC Entropy Smallest Profile (proportion) Interpretation
3 5338 5281 0.862 0.09 Too simple and too high BIC
4 5218 5145 0.866 0.09 Good, but too high BIC
5 5123 5035 0.907 0.06 Selected final model
6 5149 5045 0.784 0.06 BIC increased; entropy decreased
7 5149 5028 0.759 0.05 Low entropy
8 5160 5024 0.775 0.03 The minimum number is too small

BIC  Bayesian information criterion, SABIC  Sample-size adjusted Bayesian information criterion