Table 3.
Genetic Correlations Between BMI and PD
| Study | No. of SNPs | Gcorr | 95% CI | p Value | I2 (%) | p-het. |
| Courage-PD | 1,051,136 | −0.086 | −0.157 to −0.015 | 0.0178 | ||
| iPDGC | 756,723 | −0.088 | −0.146 to −0.030 | 0.0029 | ||
| Pooled | — | −0.087 | −0.132 to −0.042 | <0.001 | 0.0 | 0.969 |
Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; Courage-PD = Comprehensive Unbiased Risk Factor Assessment for Genetics and Environment in PD; Gcorr = genetic correlation; iPDGC = international Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium; PD = Parkinson disease; p-het. = Cochran Q test for heterogeneity across studies; SNP = single-nucleotide polymorphism.