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Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2018 Sep 26;562(7726):268–271. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0566-4

Extended Data Table 2. Genetic correlations between neurodevelopmental disorder risk and a range of traits, calculated using the LD score method.

Trait 2 Genetic correlation between developmental disorder risk and trait 2 Standard error 95% confidence interval (standard error) lower bound 95% confidence interval (standard error) upper bound P-value SNP heritability for trait 2a SE for trait 2 SNP heritability Population prevalence used for liability scale conversion N for trait 2 GWAS (Ncases:Ncontrols if dichotomous)
Years of schooling -0.491 0.079 -0.336 -0.645 5.31x10-10 0.112 0.004 766,345
Intelligence (Spearman's g) -0.441 0.104 -0.237 -0.645 2.15x10-5 0.203 0.013 78,308
Schizophrenia 0.279 0.066 0.148 0.409 2.71x10-5 0.242 0.008 0.01 11,260:24,542
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 0.727 0.292 0.155 1.299 0.013 0.071 0.031 17,666
Major depressive disorder 0.389 0.177 0.042 0.736 0.028 0.087 0.017 0.15 9,240:9,519
Childhood IQ -0.252 0.153 0.048 -0.553 0.1 0.279 0.051 12,441
Autism spectrum disorder -0.078 0.103 0.123 -0.28 0.445 0.118 0.01 0.012 18,381:27,969
Bipolar disorder 0.033 0.105 -0.172 0.238 0.751 0.25 0.023 0.01 7,481:9,250
Height -0.176 0.07 -0.038 -0.314 0.012 0.336 0.021 253,288
Body mass index 0.174 0.071 0.035 0.312 0.015 0.189 0.01 336,107
Child birth length -0.291 0.155 0.013 -0.595 0.061 0.165 0.027 28,459
Intracranial volume -0.319 0.218 0.107 -0.746 0.142 0.167 0.053 11,373
Birth weight -0.133 0.098 0.059 -0.326 0.174 0.095 0.008 143,677
Alzheimer's disease 0.424 0.259 -0.083 0.932 0.101 0.068 0.013 0.05 17,008:37,154
Coronary artery disease 0.077 0.091 -0.101 0.254 0.396 0.07 0.005 0.05 60,801:123,504
Lumbar Spine bone mineral density 0.101 0.132 -0.158 0.36 0.447 0.116 0.018 44,731
Parkinson's disease 0.093 0.136 -0.173 0.359 0.494 0.167 0.05 0.002 1,713:3,978
Type 2 Diabetes 0.071 0.122 -0.168 0.309 0.562 0.12 0.147 0.015 12,171:56,862
Crohn's disease -0.024 0.096 0.164 -0.211 0.804 0.252 0.027 0.003 5,956:14,927

Trait 2 is the trait that neurodevelopmental disorder risk is compared to. Uncorrected P-values are from a two-sided z-score.

a

SNP heritability for dichotomous traits is on the liability scale.