No relation between risk of schizophrenia and prenatal exposure to influenza in Holland

E Susser; S P Lin; A S Brown; L H Lumey; L Erlenmeyer-Kimling

doi:10.1176/ajp.151.6.922

No relation between risk of schizophrenia and prenatal exposure to influenza in Holland

Am J Psychiatry. 1994 Jun;151(6):922-4. doi: 10.1176/ajp.151.6.922.

Authors

E Susser¹, S P Lin, A S Brown, L H Lumey, L Erlenmeyer-Kimling

Affiliation

¹ Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry 10032.

PMID: 8185006
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.6.922

Abstract

The authors compared the risk of schizophrenia in Dutch birth cohorts that were or were not exposed during the second trimester of gestation to the 1957 A2 influenza epidemic. Exposed birth cohorts did not have a higher risk of schizophrenia. These findings suggest that, in some populations, there is no relation between prenatal exposure to influenza and risk of schizophrenia.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cohort Studies
Disease Outbreaks* / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
Influenza, Human / etiology
Male
Netherlands / epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects*
Prevalence
Registries
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia / epidemiology*
Schizophrenia / etiology
Seasons