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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: Mov Disord. 2011 Jul 7;26(12):2253–2259. doi: 10.1002/mds.23855

Table 1.

Relative risk of Parkinson’s disease according to baseline body mass index (1992) and early adult body mass index (at age 18) and weight change since early adulthood, CPS-II Nutrition Cohort.

Variable Category of variable distribution p-trend § p-
heterogeneity ^

1 2 3 4 5
Body Mass Index *
in 1992 #
18.5 -23 23-24.9 25-26.9 27-29.9 >=30
Men
No. cases 62 88 122 95 46
No. PY 104352 167751 201441 185469 106924
RR1 1.0 (Ref) 0.91 (0.66, 1.27) 1.11 (0.82, 1.52) 0.98 (0.71, 1.36) 0.86 (0.58, 1.27)
RR2 1.0 (Ref) 0.93 (0.67, 1.28) 1.17 (0.86, 1.59) 1.06 (0.77, 1.47) 0.98 (0.66, 1.46) 0.80
Women
No. cases 72 52 28 41 33
No. PY 300682 199658 156020 150220 148417
RR1 1.0 (Ref) 1.06 (0.74, 1.52) 0.71 (0.46, 1.11) 1.10 (0.75, 1.61) 0.96 (0.63, 1.45)
RR2 1.0 (Ref) 1.08 (0.76, 1.55) 0.73 (0.47, 1.14) 1.18 (0.80, 1.74) 1.02 (0.66, 1.56) 0.91
Men and Women
RR2 1.00 (0.78, 1.26) 0.95 (0.60, 1.50) 1.11 (0.86, 1.42) 1.00 (0.75, 1.34) 0.79 0.94
Body Mass Index at
age 18
<20 20-22.4 22.5-24.9 25-26.9 >=27
Men
No. cases 106 160 90 37 18
No. PY 203070 276690 174326 67257 38329
RR1 1.0 (Ref) 1.13 (0.88, 1.45) 1.05 (0.79, 1.39) 1.16 (0.79, 1.69) 1.04 (0.63, 1.72)
RR2 1.0 (Ref) 1.12 (0.87, 1.43) 1.05 (0.79, 1.39) 1.19 (0.82, 1.74) 1.06 (0.64, 1.74) 0.61
Women
No. cases 99 82 34 9 8
No. PY 429135 359543 120963 29410 28460
RR1 1.0 (Ref) 1.01 (0.75, 1.36) 1.24 (0.83, 1.83) 1.43 (0.72, 2.85) 1.35 (0.65, 2.80)
RR2 1.0 (Ref) 1.02 (0.76, 1.37) 1.23 (0.83, 1.83) 1.43 (0.71, 2.84) 1.36 (0.66, 2.82) 0.17
Men and Women
RR2 1.08 (0.89, 1.30) 1.11 (0.88, 1.40) 1.24 (0.89, 1.73) 1.15 (0.76, 1.73) 0.23 0.40
Weight change
between age 18 and
1992# (pounds**)
5lb loss to 5lb
gain
5-14.9lb gain 15-24.9lb gain 25-44.9lb gain >=45lb gain
Men
No. cases 30 49 76 137 105
No. PY 30920 96759 132361 252474 217365
RR1 1.0 (Ref) 0.51 (0.32, 0.81) 0.59 (0.38, 0.89) 0.57 (0.38, 0.84) 0.53 (0.35, 0.80)
RR2 1.0 (Ref) 0.51 (0.32, 0.80) 0.58 (0.37, 0.89) 0.56 (0.37, 0.84) 0.54 (0.35, 0.85) 0.36
Women
No. cases 20 41 43 58 52
No. PY 66150 151042 174495 285362 229905
RR1 1.0 (Ref) 0.92 (0.54, 1.58) 0.83 (0.49, 1.41) 0.68 (0.41, 1.13) 0.74 (0.44, 1.25)
RR2 1.0 (Ref) 0.93 (0.54, 1.60) 0.80 (0.46, 1.40) 0.63 (0.35, 1.11) 0.62 (0.32, 1.21) 0.06
Men and Women
RR2 0.68 (0.38, 1.22) 0.65 (0.46, 0.90) 0.58 (0.42, 0.81) 0.56 (0.39, 0.82) 0.08 0.26
*

Weight (kg)/height(m)2

#

study baseline

**

1 pound = 0.45 kg

1

*adjusted for age in months and smoking in quintiles of pack years

2

*adjusted for age in months and smoking in quintiles of pack years, alcohol intake, caffeine intake, calories, dairy intake, physical activity, pesticide exposure and education

§

trend tests conducted in multivariate models

^

p-heterogeneity comparing analyses including only men to those including only women