Obstetric complications cause an increase in the risk for offspring developing schizophrenia in the later years of life.

A recent Danish research established this fact on the basis of the study conducted at the Aarhus University, Denmark.Dr. Majella Byrne and her colleague associate researchers examined exposure to obstetric complications among 1,039 individuals aged at least 15 years and who were admitted to hospital between the period 1981 and 1998 for schizophrenia. The team of researchers then compared the results, and recordings of the data collected with the 24,826 young adults who had never been admitted to any psychiatric facility.

The study found that the individuals demonstrated an eight times more probability and likelihood of developing schizophrenia if they were born to mothers who suffered through influenza during their pregnancy period.

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