Genetic and familial environmental effects on suicide attempts: A study of Danish adoptees and their biological and adoptive siblings
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Genetic and familial environmental effects on suicide attempts : A study of Danish adoptees and their biological and adoptive siblings. / Petersen, Liselotte; Sørensen, Thorkild I A; Andersen, Per Kragh; Mortensen, Preben Bo; Hawton, Keith.
In: Journal of Affective Disorders, Vol. 155, 02.2014, p. 273-277.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Genetic and familial environmental effects on suicide attempts
T2 - A study of Danish adoptees and their biological and adoptive siblings
AU - Petersen, Liselotte
AU - Sørensen, Thorkild I A
AU - Andersen, Per Kragh
AU - Mortensen, Preben Bo
AU - Hawton, Keith
N1 - © 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - OBJECTIVES: Genetic factors have been found to influence the risk of suicide. It is less clear if this also applies to attempted suicide. We have investigated genetic and familial environmental factors by studying the occurrence of suicide attempts in biological and adoptive siblings of adoptees who attempted suicide compared to siblings of adoptees with no suicide attempts.METHOD: We used a random sample of 1933 adoptees from the Danish Adoption Register, a register of non-familial adoptions of Danish children, i.e. the adoptive parents are biologically unrelated to the adoptee. Analyses were conducted on incidence rates of attempted suicide in biological and adoptive siblings given occurrence of attempted suicide in the adoptees while also taking into account psychiatric disorders. Information about suicidal attempt and history of psychiatric disorder was based on hospital admissions.RESULTS: The rate of attempted suicide in full siblings of adoptees who attempted suicide before age 60 years was higher than in full siblings of adoptees who had not attempted suicide (incidence rate ratios (IRR)=3.45; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.94-12.7). After adjustment for history of psychiatric admission of siblings the increased rate was statistically significant (IRR=3.88; 95% CI-1.42-10.6).LIMITATIONS: Information on attempted suicide and psychiatric history was limited to that which involved hospitalisation.CONCLUSIONS: Genetic factors influence risk of suicide attempts.
AB - OBJECTIVES: Genetic factors have been found to influence the risk of suicide. It is less clear if this also applies to attempted suicide. We have investigated genetic and familial environmental factors by studying the occurrence of suicide attempts in biological and adoptive siblings of adoptees who attempted suicide compared to siblings of adoptees with no suicide attempts.METHOD: We used a random sample of 1933 adoptees from the Danish Adoption Register, a register of non-familial adoptions of Danish children, i.e. the adoptive parents are biologically unrelated to the adoptee. Analyses were conducted on incidence rates of attempted suicide in biological and adoptive siblings given occurrence of attempted suicide in the adoptees while also taking into account psychiatric disorders. Information about suicidal attempt and history of psychiatric disorder was based on hospital admissions.RESULTS: The rate of attempted suicide in full siblings of adoptees who attempted suicide before age 60 years was higher than in full siblings of adoptees who had not attempted suicide (incidence rate ratios (IRR)=3.45; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.94-12.7). After adjustment for history of psychiatric admission of siblings the increased rate was statistically significant (IRR=3.88; 95% CI-1.42-10.6).LIMITATIONS: Information on attempted suicide and psychiatric history was limited to that which involved hospitalisation.CONCLUSIONS: Genetic factors influence risk of suicide attempts.
KW - Adoption
KW - Child
KW - Cohort Studies
KW - Denmark
KW - Female
KW - Gene-Environment Interaction
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Registries
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Siblings
KW - Suicide, Attempted
U2 - 10.1016/j.jad.2013.11.012
DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2013.11.012
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24300827
VL - 155
SP - 273
EP - 277
JO - Journal of Affective Disorders
JF - Journal of Affective Disorders
SN - 0165-0327
ER -
ID: 135437182