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California Dept of Health Publishes Study on Autism and Maternal/Paternal Age
Published October 5, 2009
in American Journal of Epidemiology
Reviewing a larger population than in any other study of its kind, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has found that as parents age their risk of giving birth to a child with autism increases modestly. Published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the new CDPH study shows that for each 10-year increase in a mothers age, the risk of autism increased by about 38 percent. For each 10-year increase in a fathers age, the risk of autism increased by about 22 percent.
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/NR09-87-CDPHPUBLISHESSTUDYONAUTISMANDMATERNALANDPATERNALAGE.aspx
Filed under: Adults, Biomarkers, Diagnosis, Diagnostic Disparities, Mothers, Siblings