TABLE 2—

Growth Mixture Models of Heavy Episodic Drinking and Drunkenness Among Asian Americans Transitioning From Adolescence to Adulthood: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, United States, 1994–2008

Drinking Behavior and Models	AIC	BIC
Heavy episodic drinking
Linear 2-class	12928.01	12990.35
Linear 3-class	12594.88	12672.80
Linear 4-class	12600.88	12694.39
Drunkenness
Linear 2-class	12248.94	12311.28
Linear 3-class	11950.54	12028.46
Linear 4-class	12247.97	12341.48

Note. AIC = Akaike information criterion; BIC = Bayesian information criterion. Linear 3-class models were deemed most parsimonious as evidenced by fit indices and interpretability