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. 2012 Nov;130(5):e1278–e1284. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-3668

TABLE 2.

Latent Severity Class Model Comparison

Dimensions Classes
4 5 6
Intercept 2148.5 2148.8
(4355.4) (4367.1)
Intercept 2134.2 2122.8a 2115.2
Linear slope (4344.4) (4339.1)a (4341.4)
Intercept 2133.6 2120.9 2110.7
Linear slope (4360.6) (4358.7) (4361.7)
Quadratic slope

Log-likelihoods shown, with BIC below them in parentheses.

a

Lowest BIC = most parsimonious fitting model.