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. 2014 Dec 15;41(5):1076–1083. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbu169

Table 4.

Risks of Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizoaffective Disorder in OCD-Unaffected Relatives of Individuals With OCD (Exposed) Compared With Relatives of Individuals Without OCD (Unexposed)

Risk of Schizophrenia Risk of Bipolar Disorder Risk of Schizoaffective Disorder
Exposed Unexposed RRs (CIs) Exposed Unexposed RRs (CIs) Exposed Unexposed RRs (CIs)
n (%) n (%) n (%)
First-degree relatives
 Parents 26 (0.19) 114 (0.09) 2.2 (1.5–3.4) 38 (0.28) 207 (0.16) 1.8 (1.3–2.5) 11 (0.08) 54 (0.04) 2.0 (1.1–3.6)
 Children 125 (0.39) 750 (0.24) 1.6 (1.4–2.0) 248 (0.77) 1512 (0.48) 1.6 (1.4–1.9) 60 (0.19) 403 (0.13) 1.5 (1.1–1.9)
 Full siblings 114 (0.51) 533 (0.24) 2.1 (1.7–2.6) 138 (0.62) 728 (0.33) 1.9 (1.6–2.2) 39 (0.18) 262 (0.12) 1.5 (1.1–2.0)
 All first-degree relatives 265 (0.39) 1397 (0.21) 1.9 (1.6–2.1) 424 (0.63) 2447 (0.37) 1.7 (1.6–1.9) 110 (0.16) 719 (0.11) 1.5 (1.2–1.8)
Second-degree relatives
 Maternal half-siblings 18 (0.41) 102 (0.29) 1.3 (0.8–2.2) 27 (0.61) 142 (0.40) 1.6 (1.1–2.3) 4 (0.09) 47 (0.13) 0.6 (0.2–1.6)
 Paternal half-siblings 18 (0.32) 143 (0.32) 0.9 (0.6–1.5) 23 (0.41) 160 (0.36) 1.3 (0.8–1.9) 7 (0.13) 48 (0.11) 1.1 (0.5–2.4)
 All half-siblings 37 (0.37) 253 (0.27) 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 52 (0.51) 380 (0.41) 1.3 (1.0–1.7) 11 (0.11) 98 (0.11) 1.0 (0.5–1.8)
 All second-degree relativesa 329 (0.47) 2399 (0.35) 1.4 (1.2–1.5) 342 (0.49) 2758 (0.40) 1.2 (1.1–1.4) 121 (0.17) 1008 (0.15) 1.2 (1.0–1.4)
Third-degree relatives
 Cousins 149 (0.20) 1091 (0.15) 1.4 (1.2–1.6) 258 (0.34) 2049 (0.27) 1.3 (1.1–1.4) 70 (0.09) 511 (0.07) 1.4 (1.1–1.7)

Note: Abbreviations are explained in the first footnote to table 1. Statistically significant RRs are highlighted in bold.

aSecond-degree relatives include half-siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, uncles/aunts, and nephews/nieces.