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. 2010 Jul 7;172(5):540–548. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq156

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.