Table 2.
Linear Growth Mixture Models for BMI Trajectories Over Adulthood (Ages 19–35 Years), Monitoring the Future Study, 1986–2008 (N = 5,233)
| Model | Log Likelihood | BIC | AIC | |
| A: | Single-class linear growth | −43,898.6 | 87,906.0 | 87,823.2 |
| B: | + Correlated measurement error over time | −43,685.8 | 87,538.9 | 87,411.5 |
| C: | + Two-class solution | −43,227.7 | 86,673.1 | 86,507.5 |
| D: | + Covariates | −39,629.4 | 79,847.0 | 79,400.9 |
Abbreviations: AIC, Akaike Information Criterion; BIC, Bayesian InFormation Criterion; BMI, body mass index.