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Table 1 Distribution of newborns in the two-, three- and four-group models

From: Evolution of the levels of human leukocyte antigen G (HLA-G) in Beninese infant during the first year of life in a malaria endemic area: using latent class analysis

Trajectories

Model

BICa

Distribution of newborns in groups

High (%)

Intermediates… (%)

Low (%)

2

Emptyb

1494,644

27.2

72.78

  

Fullc

24.2

75.8

  

3

Empty

1464,333

16.9

29.3

53.8

 

Full

21.9

27.2

50.9

 

4

Empty

1438,894

7.7

21.9

19.9

50.5

Full

13.9

15.7

23.1

47.3

  1. aA lower BIC indicates a better fitting
  2. bWith no covariate
  3. cWith all significant covariates in multivariate analysis