Review Article

Meta-Analysis: Overweight, Obesity, and Parkinson's Disease

Table 3

Fail-safe numbers of all groups for studies with no heterogeneity.

GroupNumber of studiesFail-safe number

A1310.9843.928
A23−0.038−1.533
A332.748−0.152
B1425.43510.583
B2464.38129.878
B3415.0475.436

A1: BMI ≥ 30 versus BMI < 25; A2: 25 ≤ BMI < 30 versus BMI < 25; A3: BMI ≥ 30 versus 25 ≤ BMI < 30; B1: BMI ≥ 30 versus BMI < 25; B2: 25 ≤ BMI < 30 versus BMI < 25; B3: BMI ≥ 30 versus 25 ≤ BMI < 30. BMI indicates body mass index (kg/m2).