Kunugi H, Nanko S, Watanabe H, Sekiba K, Kazamatsuri H
Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
J Psychiatr Res. 1998 Sep-Oct;32(5):321-3. doi: 10.1016/S0022-3956(98)00013-2.
Season of birth has been well studied in mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and affective disorders; however, only a few studies have been done for alcoholism. Recently Modestin et al. (1995) found, in a sample from Switzerland, excess birth of male alcoholics in March to July, compared to the general population. The present study attempted to replicate their finding in two independent Japanese samples which comprised a total of 1,947 men with chronic alcoholism. In our study, no birth rate excess in March to July was observed in either sample, while a non-significant birth rate excess (12%) in August to October was noted. It is concluded that there is no consistent trend in season of birth of alcoholics across countries.
出生季节在精神疾病（如精神分裂症和情感障碍）方面已有充分研究；然而，针对酗酒问题的研究却很少。最近，莫德斯廷等人（1995年）在瑞士的一个样本中发现，与普通人群相比，3月至7月出生的男性酗酒者过多。本研究试图在两个独立的日本样本中重复他们的发现，这两个样本共有1947名慢性酒精中毒男性。在我们的研究中，两个样本在3月至7月均未观察到出生率过高的情况，而在8月至10月观察到出生率有不显著的过高情况（12%）。得出的结论是，不同国家酗酒者的出生季节没有一致的趋势。
