Advancing paternal age and risk of autism: new evidence from a population-based study and a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

Advanced paternal age has been suggested as a risk factor for autism, but empirical evidence is mixed. This study examines whether the association between paternal age and autism in the offspring (1) persists controlling for documented autism risk factors, including family psychiatric history, perin...

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Published in:	Molecular psychiatry Vol. 16; no. 12; pp. 1203 - 1212
Main Authors:	Hultman, C M, Sandin, S, Levine, S Z, Lichtenstein, P, Reichenberg, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2011 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/308/2779/174 692/699/476/1312 Adolescent Adult Age Aging Autism Autistic Disorder - epidemiology Autistic Disorder - genetics Autistic Disorder - psychology Behavioral Sciences Biological and medical sciences Biological Psychology Child clinical studies Cohort Studies Databases, Factual - statistics & numerical data Developmental disorders Epidemiology Epigenetics Family Health - statistics & numerical data Fathers Female Genetic aspects Humans Infantile autism Male Maternal Age Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Meta-analysis Middle Aged Neurosciences original-article Parity Paternal Age Pharmacotherapy Phenotypes Population studies Population-based studies Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Risk Factors Siblings Siblings - psychology Sweden - epidemiology Systematic review Sweden epidemiology paternal age perinatal autism Autism Paternal age Population-based survey Risk factor Perinatal Developmental disorder Review Epidemiology Public health Metaanalysis de-novo Risk meta analysis
ISSN:	1359-4184, 1476-5578, 1476-5578
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