Table 1 OCD family studies.

From: The genetic epidemiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   

OCD and comorbid disorders assessment tools

Diagnosis criteria and control

Sample size

Diagnosis in first-degree relatives

Author/year

Country

Proband age inclusion criteria

Proband

Relatives

Blind to proband status (y/n)

Best estimate diagnosis procedure (y/n)

Diagnostic criteria

Controls matched for gender and age (y/n)

Proband

First-degree Relatives

Definite OCD

Probable OCD

Definite/Probable OCD

         

Case

Control

Case

Control

Case

Control

Case

Control

Case

Control

  
         

n

Mean age (SD)

n

Mean age (SD)

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

Child proband

Reddy et al. [20]

India

Juvenile proband (<=16 y)

DICA-R; CV-LOI; CY-BOCS. questionnaire for tic

Same if child; SCAN, LOI, Y-BOCS, questionnaire for tic disorder, if adult.

n

y

DSM-III-R

y

35

13.6 (2.4)

34

 

106

94

4

0

    

Hanna et al. [21]

Hanna et al. [22]

USA

Adolescent proband (10–17 y)

K-SADS-E; STOBS

SCID-III-R, Y-BOCS, FISC; STOBS

y

y

DSM-III-R

n

35

13.7 (2.4)

17

12.4 (1.8)

102

39

23 (22.5)

1 (2.6)

  

28 (27.4)

1 (2.6)

Rosario Campos et al. [17]

USA

Children and adolescent proband (<=18 y)

STOBS; Y-BOCS; YGTSS; KSADS; SCID

Same

y

y

DSM-IV

y

106

11.9 (3.03)

44

11.2 (2.06)

325

140

62 (22.7)

1 (0.9)

  

79 (29.2)

3 (2.4)

Adult proband

McKeon and Murray [65]

USA

Adult proband

SADS-L

SADS-L; SAP

n

Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC)

y

50

Not reported

50

Not reported

149

151

1

1

    

Black et al. [66];

Black et al. [4]

*Iowa family study of OCD

USA

Adult proband

SADS; Y-BOCS; NIMHOCS; Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

DIS; SIDP; FHRDC

y

DSM-III

y

32

37.9 (10.9)

33

38.4 (10.2)

168

184

1 (0.6)

1 (0.5)

    

Pauls et al. [16];

Carter et al. [29]

USA

Adult proband

STOBS; DIS; K- SADS-E; Y-BOCS

Same

y

y

DSM-III-R

n

100

33.6 (12.1)

33

 

466

113

47

2

35

2

82

4

Bienvenu et al. [67];

Nestadt et al. [18];

Grados et al. [23];

Nestadt et al. [24]

*Johns Hopkins OCD Family Study

USA

Adult proband (>=18 y)

SADS-LA; Y-BOCS; LOI; FICS; YGTSS

All+ K-SADS, CY-BOCS, if child

y

y

DSM-IV

y

80

37 (18–88)

73

39 (18–79)

326

297

38 (11.7)

8 (2.7)

  

53 (16.3)

17 (5.7)

Black et al. [25]

USA

Adult proband

SCID- IV; Y-BOCS; SIDP-IV; FAD

*Offsprings (child between ages 7 and 18 years)

DICA, CBCL for children

y

y

DSM-IV

y

21

39.5 (6.4)

22

38.2 (5.6)

43

35

10 (23)

1 (3)

13 (30)

8 (23)

  

Fyer et al. [26]

USA

Adult proband

SADS-LA, FISC

Same

y

y

DSM-III-R

y

72

34.8 (11)

32

43.6 (15)

179

112

11 (6.2)

0 (0)

  

15 (8.4)

0

Lipsitz et al. [27]

USA

Adult proband

SADS-LA, FISC

Same

y

y

DSM-IV

y

57

37.2 (13)

41

42.6 (13)

112

115

4 (3.6)

2 (1.7)

  

6 (5.4)

2 (1.7)

Grabe et al. [28]

Germany

Adult proband (>=18)

SADS-LA

Same

y

y

DSM-IV

n

105

38.3/44.8

70

42.1 (16.4)

343

247

22 (6.4)

3 (1.2)

19

7

  

Bienvenu et al. [5]

*Johns Hopkins OCD Family Study

*OCD Collaborative Genetics Study

USA

Adult proband

SADS-LA; SCID-IV

All those + K-SADS

y

y

DSM-IV

y

382

Not reported

73

Not reported

974

233

524 (55)

16 (7)

    

Nationalwide register-based studies

             

Full sibling

(OR)

 

Parent

(OR)

 

Offspring

(OR)

   

Mataix-Cols et al. [7]

Sweden

all psychiatric patients treated in Sweden

(1969–2009)

Swedish National Patient Register

Same

n

n

ICD-10

n

24768

 

13589819

 

5.03 (4.49–5.64)

 

4.70 (4.09–5.40)

 

4.56 (3.97–5.24)

   
             

Full sibling (OR)

 

Maternal (OR)

 

Paternal (OR)

 

Offspring

(OR)

 

Steinhausen et al. [8]

Denmark

All individuals born between 1952 and 2000

Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register

same

n

n

ICD-8

ICD-10

y

2057

 

6055

 

6.19 (6.65–10.49)

 

11.21 (3.14040.04)

 

34.04 (4.42–262-39)

 

4.54 (1.28–16.13)

 
             

Full sibling

(RRR)

       

Browne et al. [9]

Denmark

Any individuals who had contact with the national health care system (1969–1995)

Danish Psychiatric Central Register; Danish National Hospital Register

same

n

n

ICD-8

ICD-10

n

6191

 

1734668

 

4.89 (3.45–6.93)

       
             

Full sibling

(OR)

 

Maternal half siblings (OR)

 

Paternal half siblings (OR)

 

Twins (OR)

 

Brander et al. [10]

Sweden

Any individuals born between 1967 and 2007

Swedish national registers

same

n

n

ICD-8

ICD-9

ICD-10

n

22232

 

4063135

 

10.63 (7.92–14.27)

 

3.72 (1.92–7.20)

 

0.30 (0.04–2.12)

 

25.19 (9.20–68.98)

 
             

Full sibling

(RRR)

 

Maternal half siblings (RRR)

 

Paternal half siblings (RRR)

   

Mahjani et al. [11]

Sweden

Any individuals born between 1982 and 1990

Swedish Medical Birth Register

same

n

n

ICD-10

n

7184

 

815659

 

4.82 (4.03–5.62)

 

1.85 (0–2.37)

 

1.09 (0–1.96)

   
             

Full sibling

(RR)

 

Parents (RR)

 

Offspring (RR)

 

Twins (RR)

 

Huang et al. [12]

Taiwan

All individuals diagnosed with OCD between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2010

Taiwan National Health Insurance Database

same

n

n

ICD-9

n

  

23258175

 

8.95 (8.44–9.49)

 

7.64 (7.10–8.23)

 

7.18 (6.65–7.75)

 

60.76 (49.12–75.16)

 
  1. DICA-R Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents–Revised, CV-LOI Children’s Version of Leyton’s Obsessional Inventory, CY-BOCS Children’s Version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, SCAN Schedule for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry, LOI Leyton’s Obsessional Inventory, Y-BOCS Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, FISC Family Informant Schedule and Criteria, K-SADS-E Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Epidemiologic Version, SCID-III-R Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R, STOBS Schedule for Tourette and Other Behavioral Syndromes, YGTSS Yale Global Tic Severity Scale, SCID Structured Clinical Interview for DSM.
  2. The * shows the study group which the study was related to.