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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2016 Jul-Aug;65(4):268–278. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000167

TABLE 3.

Final Trajectory Model for Each Symptom

Symptom na Modelb aBIC pc Entropy
Chest discomfort 816 3-class LCGA 8225.488 < .0009 .643
Chest pain 768 2-class LCGA 7747.768 < .0025 .714
Chest pressure 790 2-class LCGA 7952.736 < .0001 .640
Lightheadedness 782 2-class LCGA 7859.931 < .0001 .897
Shortness of breath 791 3-class GMM, intercept variances estimated 8038.124 < .0001 .941
Shoulder pain 744 4-class GMM, intercept variances estimated 6650.923 < .0001 .985
Unusual fatigue 819 3-class LCGA 8684.698 < .0001 .612
Upper back pain 725 4-class LCGA 6449.754 < .0001 .988

Note. aBIC = adjusted Bayesian information criterion; GMM = growth mixture model; LCGA = latent class growth analysis.

a

Total cases included.

b

Complete model comparison information is available as Supplemental Digital Content 1.

c

p-value is associated with the Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test .