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Table 3 Goodness of fit of the latent class model and conditional probability associated with oral health

From: Oral health condition and development of frailty over a 12-month period in community‐dwelling older adults

Number of latent classes

AIC

BIC

Entropy

LMR test

p-value

1

4711.440

4749.407

–

–

2

4288.799

4368.952

.805

.0000

3

4254.034

4376.373

.796

.0394

4

4239.008

4403.533

.715

.0954

Oral health deficits

Edentulous

6.9% (n = 37)

Class 3

Poor oral health

21.3% (n = 115)

Class 2

Somewhat acceptable oral health

13.9% (n = 75)

Class 1

Acceptable oral health

57.9% (n = 312)

 < 20 functional teeth

100.0 (37)

.939

1.000

.256

Coronal caries

 

.647

.204

.170

Root caries

 

.531

.160

.072

Periodontal disease

 

.970

.911

.843

Dental calculus

 

.674

.112

.079

Dental biofilm

 

.623

.198

.141

Root remains

 

.343

.319

.041

Xerostomia

16.2 (6)

.164

.239

.099

Need of dental prosthesis

70.3 (26)

.594

.948

.022

  1. AIC Akaike Information Criterion, BIC Bayesian Information Criterion, LMR Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test
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