作者
Mary Cannon, Peter Jones, Matti O Huttunen, Antti Tanskanen, Tiia Huttunen, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, Robin M Murray
发表日期
1999/5/1
期刊
Archives of general psychiatry
卷号
56
期号
5
页码范围
457-463
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Background
We examined whether children who are diagnosed as having schizophrenia in adulthood could be distinguished from their peers on performance in elementary school.
Methods
We used a case-control study design nested within a population-based birth cohort of all individuals born in Helsinki, Finland, between January 1, 1951, and December 31, 1960. Case ascertainment was from 3 national health care registers. Elementary school records were obtained for 400 children who were diagnosed as having schizophrenia in adulthood and for 408 controls. Results were analyzed for the 4 years of schooling (ages 7-11 years) that were common to all pupils. School subjects were entered into a principal components analysis and produced 3 factors: academic, nonacademic, and behavioral. These factors were compared between cases and controls after adjusting for sex and social group. Eligibility for high …
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