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9061813

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
It has been suggested that winter birth in urban areas may be associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia. Data on 4139 patients with a hospital diagnosis of schizophrenia were obtained from a survey of public departments of psychiatry in metropolitan France. Place of birth was classified according to the administrative subdivision of French territory into 95 'départements'. Density of population in the decade and in the département of birth was identified using successive census data. A 20% excess (OR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.03-1.40; p = 0.02) of winter births (January-March) was found among patients born in highly densely populated areas (> 136 inhabitants/km2) compared to those born in other areas. These results suggest that seasonal early environmental risk factor(s) linked to schizophrenia predominantly operate in urban areas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0920-9964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
175-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Seasonality of birth in schizophrenia: the effect of regional population density.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Centre Carreire, France. helene.verdoux@ipso.u-bordeaux2.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't