Anorexia nervosa and season of birth
Anorexia nervosa and season of birth
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DOI：
10.1002/erv.699
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发表时间：
2006-05-01
影响因子：
5.3
通讯作者：
Crisp, Arthur
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作者：
Crisp, Arthur
Data from 980 patients with anorexia nervosa taken from the St. George's database (in UK) were analysed in relation to the increase in patients born during and after 1964 who later developed the disease. The data were compared with those on season of births in the general population; also, the season of birth was examined in relation to parental background variables, which include: paternal and maternal neurosis for which medical help had been sought; family relationships; presence of anorexia nervosa, alcoholism, obesity in parents; and weight consciousness (or absence thereof) in mothers. Inspection of the population of anorectics born before 1964 revealed a trough in their season of birth on February and peaks on March, April and October. A similar peak for March and April characterized those born in 1964 and later. Of the variables examined, none came close to showing a significant relationship, apart from those having to do with maternal weight disorder or concerns; the associations for mothers with bulimia nervosa and those with none showed significant differences (p=0.009), as did those for mothers with anorexia and those with none (p=0.08).
