Open AccessPaternal age and adverse birth outcomes: teenager or 40+, who is at risk?
Author(s) -
X.-K. Chen,
Shi Wu Wen,
Daniel Krewski,
Nathalie Fleming,
Qi Yang,
Mark Walker
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dem403
Subject(s) - paternal age , medicine , adverse effect , demography , obstetrics , young adult , pediatrics , pregnancy , gerontology , biology , offspring , genetics , sociology
Most previous studies on the effect of paternal age have focused on the association of advanced paternal age with congenital anomalies. The objective of this study was to determine whether paternal age is associated with the risk of adverse birth outcomes, independent of maternal confounders.
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