Febrile convulsions and sudden infant death syndrome

M Vestergaard; O Basso; T B Henriksen; J Østergaard; J Olsen

doi:10.1136/adc.86.2.125

Febrile convulsions and sudden infant death syndrome

Arch Dis Child. 2002 Feb;86(2):125-6. doi: 10.1136/adc.86.2.125.

Authors

M Vestergaard¹, O Basso, T B Henriksen, J Østergaard, J Olsen

Affiliation

¹ Perinatal Epidemiological Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. [email protected]

Abstract

It has been suggested that sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and febrile convulsions are related aetiologically. We compared the risk of SIDS in 9877 siblings of children who had had febrile convulsions with that of 20 177 siblings of children who had never had febrile convulsions. We found no support for the shared susceptibility hypothesis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Confidence Intervals
Denmark / epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Male
Prone Position
Proportional Hazards Models
Risk Factors
Seizures, Febrile / epidemiology
Seizures, Febrile / etiology*
Socioeconomic Factors
Sudden Infant Death / epidemiology
Sudden Infant Death / etiology*