Season of birth of schizophrenics in a recent Japanese sample

被引：10

作者：

Kunugi, H ^{[1
]}

Nanko, S ^{[1
]}

Hayashi, N ^{[1
]}

Saito, K ^{[1
]}

Hirose, T ^{[1
]}

Kazamatsuri, H ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSP,TOKYO,JAPAN

来源：

PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES | 1997年 / 51卷 / 04期

关键词：

epidemiology; Japan; schizophrenia; season of birth;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1440-1819.1997.tb02585.x

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

An excess of schizophrenic births in winter or early spring is a well replicated finding in studies on Western populations. However, there are few studies on Asian populations, and their results are not consistent. We examined the seasonality of schizophrenic births in Japanese subjects (n = 1024) born between 1955 and 1960. Our results showed a significant inverse relationship between temperature and number of schizophrenic births, which is in line with the findings in Western populations. In our data, observed reduction of schizophrenic births ill summer was more marked than excess births in winter. We suggest the possibility that birth in summer may have some advantage in brain growth early in life, which results in reducing the risk of developing schizophrenia.

引用

页码：213 / 216

页数：4

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