Table I.
Clustering summary of the LCA model fitted to the data subset (8 time points identified through a genetic algorithm search) and its comparison with the model fitted to the full data set (14 data collection points) based on 3167 participants with complete information on current wheeze recorded at 14 time points
| Model characteristics |
Variable selection (stochastic search) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| No. of classes | 6 | Selected time points (mo) | Univariate entropy |
| BIC | 15,508 | 18 | 0.502 |
| 42 | 0.581 | ||
| Entropy | 0.87 | 57 | 0.590 |
| 81 | 0.578 | ||
| Rand Index | 0.82 | 91 | 0.588 |
| ARI | 0.64 | 140 | 0.549 |
| Jaccard index | 0.70 | 157 | 0.576 |
| 166 | 0.582 | ||