Season of birth (SOB) has been shown to modify the risk of several health outcomes, including a number of neuropsychiatric disorders. Empirical evidence indicates that subclinical forms of psychosis in the general population share some risk factors with categorical diagnoses of psychosis. Hence, by systematically reviewing and meta-analyzing new and existing data, the current work aimed to determine whether there is evidence of an association between winter SOB and subclinical psychosis in the general population. Our meta-analytic results do not indicate an association between winter SOB and schizotypy in adult populations, although they indicate winter SOB may be a risk factor for psychotic experiences or symptoms in children around 12-15 years (OR=1.12, 95%CI:1.03-1.21). In the whole new dataset for adults (n=481, mean age=22.8 years) no association was detected in either an unadjusted model or adjusting for gender and age. Overall, our results indicate that the association between winter SOB and increased subclinical psychosis may hold in children, but does not in the broad general adult population. Nevertheless, the epidemiological and clinicopathological significance of winter SOB as a risk factor for subclinical psychosis would probably be slight due to the small effect sizes indicated by the reports available to date.

Cordova-Palomera, A., Calati, R., Arias, B., Ibanez, M., Moya, J., Ortet, G., et al. (2015). Season of birth and subclinical psychosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis of new and existing data. PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH, 225(3), 227-235 [10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.072].

Season of birth and subclinical psychosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis of new and existing data

Calati R;
2015

Abstract

Season of birth (SOB) has been shown to modify the risk of several health outcomes, including a number of neuropsychiatric disorders. Empirical evidence indicates that subclinical forms of psychosis in the general population share some risk factors with categorical diagnoses of psychosis. Hence, by systematically reviewing and meta-analyzing new and existing data, the current work aimed to determine whether there is evidence of an association between winter SOB and subclinical psychosis in the general population. Our meta-analytic results do not indicate an association between winter SOB and schizotypy in adult populations, although they indicate winter SOB may be a risk factor for psychotic experiences or symptoms in children around 12-15 years (OR=1.12, 95%CI:1.03-1.21). In the whole new dataset for adults (n=481, mean age=22.8 years) no association was detected in either an unadjusted model or adjusting for gender and age. Overall, our results indicate that the association between winter SOB and increased subclinical psychosis may hold in children, but does not in the broad general adult population. Nevertheless, the epidemiological and clinicopathological significance of winter SOB as a risk factor for subclinical psychosis would probably be slight due to the small effect sizes indicated by the reports available to date.
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General population; Schizotypy; Season of birth; Seasonality; Subclinical psychosis; Winter birth
English
2015
225
3
227
235
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Cordova-Palomera, A., Calati, R., Arias, B., Ibanez, M., Moya, J., Ortet, G., et al. (2015). Season of birth and subclinical psychosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis of new and existing data. PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH, 225(3), 227-235 [10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.072].
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