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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2008 Jun;31(2):157–177. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2008.02.001

Table 9.

Family Studies of Child or Adolescent Suicide-Attempting Probands*

Study Year Proband Control N proband/control OR
Pfeffer 1994 Prepubertal attempter Ideator/clinica l control community controls 25/28/16/54 4.3–8.3a
Johnson 1998 Adol. Inpt. attempters Adol. Inpatient non-attempters 62/70 2.1b
Bridge 1997 Community attempters Community controls 3/55 12.1b
a

Attempter/normal control; OR = 8.3, attempter/clinical control.

b

Adjusted OR.

*

From Brent and Mann. Family genetic studies, suicide, and suicidal behavior. Am J Psychiatry 2005;133C:13–24, with permission.

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