«We were interested in understanding the mechanism of
the paternal age effect,» said Dr. Milekic.
Results also seemed to indicate that the maternal age effect is stronger than
the paternal age effect.
Not exact matches
Though research suggests that the
paternal -
age effect is most significant for fathers over 40, younger fathers may also face an increased risk, possibly because spermatogenesis in very young fathers is more likely to result in the same mutations seen in older fathers.
The
effect of
paternal age on autism, schizophrenia, and ADHD may be greater than previously thought
And many studies, like this one, have failed to find a strong
effect of
paternal age on a couple's fertility.
The
effect of
paternal age on assisted reproduction outcome.
That could help explain the slightly smaller
effect of
paternal age in the modern Swedish population: Babies born prematurely or with birth defects are now more likely to live.
The study could not absolutely rule out some
effect of older mothers, but «we're pretty confident that the
paternal age risk holds no matter what the maternal
age,» he says.
Maternal
age at delivery, ethnicity, smoking during pregnancy, parity,
paternal diabetes status at follow - up, family social class, sex, offspring physical activity, and offspring smoking habits were not found to be confounders and had no
effect on offspring risk of type 2 diabetes / pre-diabetes when entered in multiple logistic regression models.
At child
age 5, higher levels of
paternal depression and anxiety increased the
effect of low effortful control on ODD.