Table 2 Results of growth mixture model for clustering of countries based on their trend of urolithiasis rate along time
From: Longitudinal trend of urolithiasis incidence rates among world countries during past decades
Classes | Coefficients of GMM | Countries in each class | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intercepta | Slopb | p-value | ||
Class 1: Sharp decreasing trend | 2330.26 | -128.2 | < .001 | Afghanistan, Andorra, Comoros |
Class 2: Moderate decreasing trend | 4808.6 | -92.3 | < .001 | Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti |
Class 3: Slow decreasing trend | 1737.8 | -42.45 | < .001 | Azerbaijan, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Ethiopia, Greece, Iceland, Iran |
Class 4: Very slow increasing trend | 1011.2 | 3.5 | < .001 | Other countries |
Class 5: Slow increasing trend | 2969.6 | 13.05 | .280 | Australia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Estonia, Greenland |
Class 6: Moderate increasing trend | 1443.6 | 56.85 | < .001 | Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chad, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Guatemala, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Morocco, Yemen |
Class 7: Sharp increasing trend | 1174.6 | 116.1 | < .001 | Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Grenada |