Schizophrenia and complications of pregnancy and labor: an individual patient data meta-analysis.

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Several epidemiological studies have reported an association between complications of pregnancy and delivery and schizophrenia, but none have had sufficient power to examine specific complications that, individually, are of low prevalence. We, therefore, performed an individual patient meta-analysis using the raw data from case control studies that used the Lewis-Murray scale. Data were obtained from 12 studies on 700 schizophrenia subjects and 835 controls. There were significant association...

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Authors: Geddes, J; Verdoux, H; Takei, N; Lawrie, S; Bovet, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Schizophrenia bulletin
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 413-423
• Publication date: 1999-01-01
• DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033389
• EISSN: 1745-1701
• ISSN: 0586-7614
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Research Design; Humans; Schizophrenia; Obstetric Labor, Premature; Extraction, Obstetrical; Statistics as Topic; Pregnancy Complications; Case-Control Studies; Male; Pregnancy