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Delayed fatherhood linked to Schizophrenic kids

posted by LaminatorX on Thursday February 20 2014, @11:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the totally-getting-snipped-for-my-birthday-this-year dept.

robingHood writes:

"New Scientist Magazine reports on findings that suggest that delaying fatherhood may increase the risk of fathering children with disorders such as Apert syndrome, Autism and Schizophrenia. The article reports that 'although there is a big increase in risk for many disorders, it's a big increase in a very small risk. A 40-year-old is about 50 per cent more likely to father an autistic child than a 20-year-old is, for instance, but the overall risk is only about 1 per cent to start with.' In other words: time to start mating before those tadpoles turn into toads."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by FatPhil on Friday February 21 2014, @07:09AM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Friday February 21 2014, @07:09AM (#4223) Homepage Journal

    The strongest and most telling correlation is with the level of education of the females. And that doesn't just hold between populations, but within them.

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