Table 3.

Bayesian information criterion (BIC) and likelihood ratio test (LRT) for the life course epidemiology models examined

Model a	BIC	LRT(χ2, P-value)
Saturated	−42271.19	–
Critical period (age period)
0–5 years	−42314.23	8.90, 0.18
6–10 years	−42308.63	14.51, 0.03
11–15 years	−42311.88	11.26, 0.08
Accumulation
Ordinal variable	−42318.59	4.55, 0.60
Indicator variables	−42304.23	1.59, 0.81

^aModels include exposure variables and adjustment for age, sex and country.