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Qiong Wu, C. Dalman, H. Karlsson, G. Lewis, D. Osborn, R. Gardner, J. Hayes
Schizophrenia bulletin, 2018
Schizophrenia bulletin, 2018
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Wu, Q., Dalman, C., Karlsson, H., Lewis, G., Osborn, D., Gardner, R., & Hayes, J. (2018). Childhood and Parental Asthma, Future Risk of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Schizophrenia Bulletin.
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Wu, Qiong, C. Dalman, H. Karlsson, G. Lewis, D. Osborn, R. Gardner, and J. Hayes. “Childhood and Parental Asthma, Future Risk of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study.” Schizophrenia bulletin (2018).
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Wu, Qiong, et al. “Childhood and Parental Asthma, Future Risk of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study.” Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2018.
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@article{qiong2018a,
title = {Childhood and Parental Asthma, Future Risk of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study},
year = {2018},
journal = {Schizophrenia bulletin},
author = {Wu, Qiong and Dalman, C. and Karlsson, H. and Lewis, G. and Osborn, D. and Gardner, R. and Hayes, J.}
}
Abstract
Abstract Background Mounting evidence implicates early life and prenatal immune disturbances in the etiology of severe mental illnesses. Asthma is a common illness associated with chronic aberrant immune responses. We aimed to determine if asthma in childhood and parents is associated with bipolar and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Methods A cohort study including all children born in Sweden 1973–1995 (N > 2 million) assessing associations between childhood hospitalization for asthma, parental asthma during and pre-pregnancy, and subsequent bipolar and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Results Children with hospitalizations for asthma between 11 and 15 years had increased rates of bipolar (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 1.73, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.21–2.47) and schizophrenia spectrum disorders (aHR = 1.62, 95% CI = 1.08–2.42). However, there was no association with asthma before aged 11. These results were supported by an analysis of siblings discordant for asthma. We found an association between both maternal and paternal asthma and bipolar disorder (aHR = 1.60, 95% CI = 1.27–2.02, and aHR = 1.44, 95% CI = 1.08–1.93, respectively), but not between parental asthma and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Conclusions As far as we are aware, this is the first study to find increased risk of bipolar disorder in children of individuals with asthma. Asthma admissions before aged 11 do not appear to be linked to bipolar or schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Taken together, our results do not suggest a straightforward link between asthma and severe mental illness via neurodevelopmental effects of inflammation, but potentially there is shared genetic vulnerability. This finding has implications for understanding the differential pathogenic mechanisms of bipolar and schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
