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Article: Early risk factors in schizophrenia: Place and season of birth

TitleEarly risk factors in schizophrenia: Place and season of birth
Authors
Takei, NSham, PCO'callaghan, EGlover, GMurray, RM
KeywordsRisk Factor
Schizophrenia
Winter And City Birth
Issue Date1995
Citation
European Psychiatry, 1995, v. 10 n. 4, p. 165-170 How to Cite?
AbstractFirst admission psychiatric patients born in England and Wales between 1938 and 1963, and discharged from hospitals in England and Wales between 1976 and 1986, were examined. Using logistic regression, we tested the hypothesis that the risk of shizophrenia varies by place, and season of birth. Persons born in city areas showed a 12% greater risk of schizophrenia (odds ratio 1.12; 95% confidence interval 1.06 to 1.19) than those born in non-city areas, when compared with other psychiatric patients. The increase in risk was particularly high for individuals born in city areas in winter (21%, ie odds ratio 1.21 and confidence interval 1.08 to 1.36). These findings suggest that the factor(s) responsible for the season-of-birth effect preferentially affects city born schizophrenics.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/175728
ISSN
0767-399X

 

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dc.contributor.authorTakei, Nen_US
dc.contributor.authorSham, PCen_US
dc.contributor.authorO'callaghan, Een_US
dc.contributor.authorGlover, Gen_US
dc.contributor.authorMurray, RMen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-26T09:00:48Z-
dc.date.available2012-11-26T09:00:48Z-
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Psychiatry, 1995, v. 10 n. 4, p. 165-170en_US
dc.identifier.issn0767-399Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/175728-
dc.description.abstractFirst admission psychiatric patients born in England and Wales between 1938 and 1963, and discharged from hospitals in England and Wales between 1976 and 1986, were examined. Using logistic regression, we tested the hypothesis that the risk of shizophrenia varies by place, and season of birth. Persons born in city areas showed a 12% greater risk of schizophrenia (odds ratio 1.12; 95% confidence interval 1.06 to 1.19) than those born in non-city areas, when compared with other psychiatric patients. The increase in risk was particularly high for individuals born in city areas in winter (21%, ie odds ratio 1.21 and confidence interval 1.08 to 1.36). These findings suggest that the factor(s) responsible for the season-of-birth effect preferentially affects city born schizophrenics.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Psychiatryen_US
dc.subjectRisk Factoren_US
dc.subjectSchizophreniaen_US
dc.subjectWinter And City Birthen_US
dc.titleEarly risk factors in schizophrenia: Place and season of birthen_US
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