Relationship between sunlight and the age of onset of bipolar disorder: an international multisite study

Michael Bauer; Tasha Glenn; Martin  Alda; Ole A. Andreassen; Elias Angelopoulos; Raffaella Ardau; Christopher Baethge; Rita Bauer; Frank Bellivier; Robert H. Belmaker; Michael Berk; Thomas D. Bjella; Letizia Bossini; Yuly Bersudsky; Eric Yat Wo Cheung; Jörn Conell; Maria del Zompo; Seetal Dodd; Bruno Etain; Andrea Fagiolini; Mark A. Frye; Kostas N. Fountoulakis; Jade Garneau-Fournier; Ana González-Pinto; Hirohiko Harima; Stefanie Hassel; Chantal Henry; Apostolos Iacovides; Erkki T. Isometsä; Flávio Kapczinski; Sebastian Kliwicki; Barbara König; Rikke Krogh; Mauricio Kunz; Beny Lafer; Erik R. Larsen; Ute Lewitzka; Carlos Lopez-Jaramillo; Glenda MacQueen; Mirko Manchia; Wendy Marsh; Mónica Martinez-Cengotitabengoa; Ingrid Melle; Scott Monteith; Gunnar Morken; Rodrigo Munoz; Fabiano G. Nery; Claire O'Donovan; Yamima Osher; Andrea Pfennig; Danilo Quiroz; Raj Ramesar; Natalie Rasgon; Andreas Reif; Philipp Ritter; Janusz K. Rybakowski; Kemal Sagduyu; Ângela M. Scippa; Emanuel Severus; Christian Simhandl; Dan J. Stein; Sergio Strejilevich; Ahmad Hatim Sulaiman; Kirsi Suominen; Hiromi Tagata; Yoshitaka Tatebayashi; Carla Torrent; Eduard Vieta; Biju Viswanath; Mihir J. Wanchoo; Mark Zetin; Peter C. Whybrow

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Relationship between sunlight and the age of onset of bipolar disorder: an international multisite study

Michael Bauer, Tasha Glenn, Martin Alda, Ole A. Andreassen, Elias Angelopoulos, Raffaella Ardau, Christopher Baethge, Rita Bauer, Frank Bellivier, Robert H. Belmaker, Michael Berk, Thomas D. Bjella, Letizia Bossini, Yuly Bersudsky, Eric Yat Wo Cheung, Jörn Conell, Maria del Zompo, Seetal Dodd, Bruno Etain, Andrea FagioliniMark A. Frye, Kostas N. Fountoulakis, Jade Garneau-Fournier, Ana González-Pinto, Hirohiko Harima, Stefanie Hassel, Chantal Henry, Apostolos Iacovides, Erkki T. Isometsä, Flávio Kapczinski, Sebastian Kliwicki, Barbara König, Rikke Krogh, Mauricio Kunz, Beny Lafer, Erik R. Larsen, Ute Lewitzka, Carlos Lopez-Jaramillo, Glenda MacQueen, Mirko Manchia, Wendy Marsh, Mónica Martinez-Cengotitabengoa, Ingrid Melle, Scott Monteith, Gunnar Morken, Rodrigo Munoz, Fabiano G. Nery, Claire O'Donovan, Yamima Osher, Andrea Pfennig, Danilo Quiroz, Raj Ramesar, Natalie Rasgon, Andreas Reif, Philipp Ritter, Janusz K. Rybakowski, Kemal Sagduyu, Ângela M. Scippa, Emanuel Severus, Christian Simhandl, Dan J. Stein, Sergio Strejilevich, Ahmad Hatim Sulaiman, Kirsi Suominen, Hiromi Tagata, Yoshitaka Tatebayashi, Carla Torrent, Eduard Vieta, Biju Viswanath, Mihir J. Wanchoo, Mark Zetin, Peter C. Whybrow

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Background - The onset of bipolar disorder is influenced by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. We previously found that a large increase in sunlight in springtime was associated with a lower age of onset. This study extends this analysis with more collection sites at diverse locations, and includes family history and polarity of first episode.
Methods - Data from 4037 patients with bipolar I disorder were collected at 36 collection sites in 23 countries at latitudes spanning 3.2 north (N) to 63.4 N and 38.2 south (S) of the equator. The age of onset of the first episode, onset location, family history of mood disorders, and polarity of first episode were obtained retrospectively, from patient records and/or direct interview. Solar insolation data were obtained for the onset locations.
Results - There was a large, significant inverse relationship between maximum monthly increase in solar insolation and age of onset, controlling for the country median age and the birth cohort. The effect was reduced by half if there was no family history. The maximum monthly increase in solar insolation occurred in springtime. The effect was one-third smaller for initial episodes of mania than depression. The largest maximum monthly increase in solar insolation occurred in northern latitudes such as Oslo, Norway, and warm and dry areas such as Los Angeles, California.
Limitations - Recall bias for onset and family history data.
Conclusions - A large springtime increase in sunlight may have an important influence on the onset of bipolar disorder, especially in those with a family history of mood disorders.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	104-111
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume	167
Early online date	29 May 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.032
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2014

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bipolar disorder
sunlight
insolation
age of onset

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Bauer, M., Glenn, T., Alda, M., Andreassen, O. A., Angelopoulos, E., Ardau, R., Baethge, C., Bauer, R., Bellivier, F., Belmaker, R. H., Berk, M., Bjella, T. D., Bossini, L., Bersudsky, Y., Cheung, E. Y. W., Conell, J., del Zompo, M., Dodd, S., Etain, B., ... Whybrow, P. C. (2014). Relationship between sunlight and the age of onset of bipolar disorder: an international multisite study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 167, 104-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.032

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AU - Glenn, Tasha

AU - Alda, Martin

AU - Andreassen, Ole A.

AU - Angelopoulos, Elias

AU - Ardau, Raffaella

AU - Baethge, Christopher

AU - Bauer, Rita

AU - Bellivier, Frank

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AU - Berk, Michael

AU - Bjella, Thomas D.

AU - Bossini, Letizia

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AU - Dodd, Seetal

AU - Etain, Bruno

AU - Fagiolini, Andrea

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AU - Fountoulakis, Kostas N.

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AU - Harima, Hirohiko

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AU - Henry, Chantal

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AU - Isometsä, Erkki T.

AU - Kapczinski, Flávio

AU - Kliwicki, Sebastian

AU - König, Barbara

AU - Krogh, Rikke

AU - Kunz, Mauricio

AU - Lafer, Beny

AU - Larsen, Erik R.

AU - Lewitzka, Ute

AU - Lopez-Jaramillo, Carlos

AU - MacQueen, Glenda

AU - Manchia, Mirko

AU - Marsh, Wendy

AU - Martinez-Cengotitabengoa, Mónica

AU - Melle, Ingrid

AU - Monteith, Scott

AU - Morken, Gunnar

AU - Munoz, Rodrigo

AU - Nery, Fabiano G.

AU - O'Donovan, Claire

AU - Osher, Yamima

AU - Pfennig, Andrea

AU - Quiroz, Danilo

AU - Ramesar, Raj

AU - Rasgon, Natalie

AU - Reif, Andreas

AU - Ritter, Philipp

AU - Rybakowski, Janusz K.

AU - Sagduyu, Kemal

AU - Scippa, Ângela M.

AU - Severus, Emanuel

AU - Simhandl, Christian

AU - Stein, Dan J.

AU - Strejilevich, Sergio

AU - Hatim Sulaiman, Ahmad

AU - Suominen, Kirsi

AU - Tagata, Hiromi

AU - Tatebayashi, Yoshitaka

AU - Torrent, Carla

AU - Vieta, Eduard

AU - Viswanath, Biju

AU - Wanchoo, Mihir J.

AU - Zetin, Mark

AU - Whybrow, Peter C.

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