Fetal and childhood growth and the risk of violent and non-violent suicide attempts: a cohort study of 318,953 men

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
E Mittendorfer-RutzF Rasmussen

Abstract

Inverse associations of birth length with suicide attempts have recently been reported. Whether growth during childhood alters this association is not known. The influences on patterns of growth in fetal life and childhood might be different for violent and non-violent suicide attempts. To investigate the effect of fetal and childhood growth and possible effect modification on suicide attempts, both violent and non-violent, adjusting for potential maternal confounding factors. 318,953 Men were followed by record linkage from the date of birth in Sweden (1973-1980) to the date of attempted suicide, date of death, emigration or to the end of 1999. The risk of suicide attempt was increased for men with reduced linear growth in fetal life across all levels of adult stature. Men with appropriate birth length for gestational age but short adult height also experienced a raised risk of suicide attempts: 1.56 (95% CI 1.2 to 2.1). Tall adult stature was protective. Short birth length for gestational age was more strongly related to violent (2.39; 95% CI 1.1 to 4.9) than non-violent (1.53; 95% CI 1.1 to 2.1) suicide attempts. The risk of violent attempts was most strongly increased for men with low birth weight and adequate adult stature...Continue Reading

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Sep 8, 2010·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology·Ilze BogdanovicaEllenor Mittendorfer-Rutz
Apr 2, 2009·The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science·Imran Mushtaq, Salman A Mushtaq
Apr 27, 2010·Biological Psychiatry·Péter DömeZoltán Rihmer
Apr 4, 2018·Archives of Suicide Research : Official Journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research·Jacob YoungRyan J Van Lieshout
Aug 23, 2012·European Journal of Epidemiology·Thomas NiederkrotenthalerEllenor Mittendorfer-Rutz
Jun 18, 2011·European Journal of Epidemiology·Phoebe Day DanzigerIlona Koupil
Dec 20, 2017·European Neuropsychopharmacology : the Journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology·Birgit Ludwig, Yogesh Dwivedi

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