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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Schizophr Res. 2011 Oct 14;133(0):120–124. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.09.027

Table A2.

The association between grand-paternal and grand- maternal age and risk of schizophrenia: Male grandchild

Grandparent age (years) Count of cases % Count of controls % Adjusted Odds Ratio Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI
Maternal GF age
<20 23 1.48 121 1.23 1.20 0.74 1.94
20–24 205 13.23 1300 13.19 Reference
25–29 393 25.35 2727 27.66 0.92 0.76 1.12
30–34 370 23.87 2556 25.93 0.93 0.75 1.15
35–39 278 17.94 1753 17.78 1.00 0.79 1.28
40–44 163 10.52 881 8.94 1.19 0.90 1.58
45–49 72 4.65 355 3.60 1.39 0.98 1.98
50–54 27 1.74 130 1.32 1.43 0.88 2.32
≥ 55 19 1.23 35 0.36 3.64 1.97 6.74
Maternal GM age
<20 98 6.32 618 6.27 0.99 0.77 1.27
20–24 398 25.68 2588 26.25 Reference
25–29 410 26.45 2873 29.14 0.93 0.80 1.10
30–34 357 23.03 2162 21.93 1.01 0.84 1.22
35–39 211 13.61 1152 11.69 1.01 0.80 1.28
40–44 69 4.45 437 4.43 0.76 0.55 1.07
≥ 45 7 0.45 28 0.28 1.07 0.44 2.56
Paternal GF age
<20 20 1.29 85 0.86 1.46 0.87 2.44
20–24 202 13.03 1263 12.81 Reference
25–29 409 26.39 2657 26.95 0.95 0.78 1.15
30–34 420 27.10 2588 26.25 0.97 0.78 1.20
35–39 263 16.97 1763 17.88 0.88 0.69 1.13
40–44 151 9.74 969 9.83 0.92 0.69 1.22
45–49 49 3.16 370 3.75 0.77 0.52 1.13
50–54 23 1.48 118 1.20 1.11 0.66 1.87
≥ 55 13 0.84 45 0.46 1.72 0.88 3.38
Paternal GM age
<20 91 5.87 512 5.19 1.15 0.89 1.49
20–24 375 24.19 2552 25.89 Reference
25–29 463 29.87 2858 28.99 1.13 0.97 1.33
30–34 355 22.90 2211 22.43 1.14 0.95 1.38
35–39 188 12.13 1270 12.88 1.08 0.85 1.37
40–44 74 4.77 429 4.35 1.24 0.89 1.73
≥ 45 4 0.26 26 0.26 1.02 0.34 3.06
*

Adjusted for age of spouse, birth year and sex of proband

GM -= grandmother; GF = grandfather. Significant results shown in bold