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. 2014 Jan 21;348:f7679. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7679

Table 3.

 Crude and adjusted odds ratios for risk of psychosis after exposure to death in nuclear family during prenatal and postnatal periods (n=1 045 336). Total exposed n=31 535; total unexposed n=1 013 801

Psychoses by exposure status No of cases Crude odds ratio (95% CI) Adjusted odds ratio* (95% CI)
All psychoses:
 Unexposed 4879 1 (Reference)
 Any time 282 1.87 (1. 65 to 2.10) 1.44 (1.27 to 1.63)
 Any prenatal 19 1.38 (0.88 to 2.18) 1.29 (0.82 to 2.02)
 Any postnatal 263 1.91 (1.69 to 2.17) 1.45 (1.28 to 1.65)
 Preconception 12 1.10 (0.62 to 1.93) 1.05 (0.59 to 1.85)
 First trimester
 Second trimester
 Third trimester
 0-2.9 years 56 2.26 (1.73 to 2.94) 1.84 (1.41 to 2.41)
 3-6.9 years 76 1.86 (1.48 to .234) 1.47 (1.16 to 1.85)
 7-12.9 years 131 1.83 (1.53 to 2.17) 1.32 (1.10 to 1.58)
Non-affective psychosis:
 Unexposed 3763 1 (Reference)
 Any time 212 1.82 (1.58 to 2.09) 1.36 (1.18 to 1.57)
 Any prenatal 15 1.42 (0.85 to 2.36) 1.30 (0.78 to 2.17)
 Any postnatal 197 1.86 (1.61 to 2.14) 1.36 (1.17 to 1.58)
 Preconception 10 1.18 (0.64 to 2.20) 1.13 (0.61 to 2.10)
 First trimester -
 Second trimester -
 Third trimester -
 0-2.9 years 43 2.25 (1.66 to 3.04) 1.82 (1.33 to 2.47)
 3-6.9 years 58 1.84 (1.42 to 2.39) 1.46 (1.12 to 1.90)
 7-12.9 years 96 1.73 (1.41 to 2.12) 1.22 (1.00 to 1.50)
Affective psychosis:
 Unexposed 1521 1 (Reference) 1 (Reference)
 Any time 102 2.16 (1.77 to 2.64) 1.80 (1.47 to 2.21)
 Any prenatal 8 1.87 (0.93 to 3.75) 1.77 (0.88 to 3.55)
 Any postnatal 94 2.19 (1.78 to 2.70) 1.80 (1.46 to 2.23)
 Preconception 5 1.46 (0.61 to 3.53) 1.40 (0.58 to 3.38)
 First trimester 0
 Second trimester
 Third trimester
 0-2.9 years 20 2.58 (1.66 to 4.01) 2.28 (1.46 to 3.55)
 3-6.9 years 26 2.04 (1.38 to 3.00) 1.75 (1.19 to 2.59)
 7-12.9 years 48 2.14 (1.61 to 2.85) 1.68 (1.25 to 2.25)

*Generated by logistic regression; adjusted for sex, year of birth, country of birth, presence or absence of siblings, any psychiatric illness in family, urban birth, highest education of parents, receipt of welfare, and maternal and paternal age.

†General population reference group (people without the diagnosis being considered).

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