精神分裂症的季节性出生情况。一项使用匹配对的南半球研究。

Seasonal births in schizophrenia. A southern hemisphere study using matched pairs.

作者信息

Jones I H, Frei D

出版信息

Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1979 Feb;59(2):164-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb06958.x.

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb06958.x

PMID:420036

Abstract

Season of birth of schizophrenics was investigated by comparing 915 carefully selected schizophrenic patients with controls matched for age and sex. While the winter-spring excess of schizophrenic births was similar to Northern Hemisphere findings, further examination of data revealed a new feature: a striking excess of male schizophrenic births for the decade 1915--24. The hypothesis of differential resistance to infection is discussed as an explanation for these findings.

摘要

通过将915名精心挑选的精神分裂症患者与年龄和性别相匹配的对照组进行比较，对精神分裂症患者的出生季节进行了调查。虽然精神分裂症患者冬季至春季出生人数过多的情况与北半球的研究结果相似，但对数据的进一步分析揭示了一个新特征：在1915年至1924年这十年间，男性精神分裂症患者的出生人数显著过多。作为这些研究结果的一种解释，讨论了对感染的不同抵抗力假说。