Table 6.
Studies of Suicide Based on Registries and Record Linkage*
Study | Year | Country | Proband | Control | Sample size proband/controls | AOR |
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Qin | 2002 | Denmark | Suicides, 9–45 | Matched community control | 4,262/80,238 | 2.6a,b |
Agerbo | 2002 | Denmark | Suicides, 10–21 | Matched community controls | 496/24,800 | 2.3–4.8a,b,c |
Qin | 2003 | Denmark | Suicides, all ages | Matched community controls | 21,169/423,128 | 2.1a,b |
Runeson | 2003 | Sweden | Suicides, all ages | Matched non-suicide deaths | 8,396/7,568 | 2.0b |
Adjusted for previous psychiatric admission/care.
Adjusted for relatives previous psychiatric admission.
OR for suicide in father/mother.
From Brent and Mann. Family genetic studies, suicide, and suicidal behavior. Am J Psychiatry 2005;133C:13–24, with permission.