1 Response to carb intake and time slot definition

  • In this analysis, within each time slot of the day carbohydrates intake was defined as:
    • not eating;
    • eating and carbohydrates contributed less than 50% of energy;
    • eating and carbohydrates contributed higher or equal to 50% of energy.
  • Time slots are defined as:
    • Breakfast: 6 am to 9 am;
    • Morning snack: 9 am to 12 noon;
    • Lunch: 12 noon to 2 pm;
    • Afternoon snack: 2 pm to 5 pm;
    • Dinner: 5 pm to 8 pm;
    • Before bedtime snack: 8 pm to 10 pm;
    • Midnight food: 10pm to 6 am;

2 Model comparison and selection

Latent class growth analysis class selection. (All data, n = 6155, 24483 data points)
N of classes N of free parameters log-likelihood AIC BIC aBIC Entropy
2 6 -185715.0 371442.0 371482.3 371463.3 0.571
3 12 -185435.0 370894.0 370974.7 370936.5 0.613
4 20 -184684.6 369409.2 369543.7 369480.1 0.585
5 30 -184673.4 369406.8 369608.5 369513.2 0.616
Note:
Abbreviation: N, number; AIC, Akaike information criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion; aBIC, adjusted BIC; Entropy, a pseudo-r-squared index.

3 LCGA in four days of Survey (2 classes)

4 LCGA in four days of Survey (3 classes)