Table 3 Random effect analysis and model comparison.

From: The comorbidities of diarrhea and acute respiratory tract infection and risk factors among under-five children in 45 low- and middle-income countries

Parameter

Null model (model I)

Model II

Model III

Model IV

Variance

0.73

0.15

0.5

0.14

ICC

18.16

4.36

13.19

4.08

MOR

2.25

1.44

1.95

1.43

PCV

Reference

79.45

31.51

80.82

Model comparison

 AIC

274,422.9

30,422.21

256,531.6

30,117.41

 BIC

274,445.7

30,667.35

256,622.7

30,417.02

 LLR

-137,209.44

-15,184.107

-128,257.79

-15,025.705

 Deviance

274,418.88

30,368.21

256,515.58

30,051.41

  1. ICC Intra Cluster Correlation Coefficient, MOR Median odds ratio, PCV Proportional Change in Variance, LLR Log-likely hood ratio.
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