Season of birth of siblings of schizophrenic patients

A. E. Pulver; K. Y. Liang; P. S. Wolyniec; J. McGrath; B. A. Melton; L. Adler; B. Childs

doi:10.1192/bjp.160.1.71

Season of birth of siblings of schizophrenic patients

A. E. Pulver, K. Y. Liang, P. S. Wolyniec, J. McGrath, B. A. Melton, L. Adler, B. Childs

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Abstract

The hypothesis that mothers of winter-spring-born schizophrenics have an unusual pattern of conception which results in an excess of winter-spring births was tested by studying the distribution of birth-dates of 401 siblings of 120 winter-spring-born schizophrenics and 157 siblings of 59 winter-spring-born controls. All analyses were gender-specific. The results suggest there is no association between the probability of a winter-spring date of birth and being a sibling of a winter-spring-born schizophrenic or control.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	71-75
Number of pages	5
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	160
Issue number	JAN.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.160.1.71
State	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes

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