London W P
Alcohol. 1987 Mar-Apr;4(2):127-9. doi: 10.1016/0741-8329(87)90010-3.
Several neurological and immune phenomena associated with cerebral laterality also show an atypical season of birth pattern. Alcoholism is also associated with cerebral laterality. In this pilot study (n = 292), 66% of right-handed alcoholic men were born during the summer and fall (expected 52%, p less than 0.001). This finding suggests that at high latitude more right-handed men would become alcoholic because seasonal effects usually intensify with increasing latitude. In addition, in our sample of alcoholic men, left-handedness was associated with having an alcoholic father or with being first-born. Together, these findings suggest that the prevalence of alcoholism should increase with increasing latitude, and that the frequency in alcoholic men of being left-handed, first-born or having an alcoholic father should decrease with increasing latitude. The available literature tends to substantiate these correlations, but more systematic studies of season of birth and correlations with latitude in alcoholism are required.
一些与大脑半球优势相关的神经学和免疫现象也呈现出非典型的出生季节模式。酗酒也与大脑半球优势有关。在这项试点研究（n = 292）中，66% 的右利手酗酒男性出生在夏季和秋季（预期为52%，p < 0.001）。这一发现表明，在高纬度地区，更多右利手男性会酗酒，因为季节效应通常会随着纬度的增加而增强。此外，在我们的酗酒男性样本中，左利手与有酗酒的父亲或长子身份有关。这些发现共同表明，酗酒的患病率应随纬度的增加而上升，而酗酒男性中左利手、长子或有酗酒父亲的频率应随纬度的增加而降低。现有文献倾向于证实这些相关性，但需要对出生季节以及与酗酒相关的纬度进行更系统的研究。
