[NVIC] Children born to older dads may be much more likely to have autism than those with younger fathers.

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September 20, 2006

" A new study shows that children of 40-year- old to 49-year-old dads are

nearly six times more likely to have autism than children of men under 30,

regardless of the mother’s age...... In this study, researchers looked at

more than 300,000 17-year- olds assessed medically and psychologically by

the military draft board in Israel during the 1980s. They checked to see

whether the age of the father contributed to the risk of autism in the

young men and women. " - WebMD

Barbara Loe Fisher Commentary:

Moving on from first blaming cold mothers and then older mothers for the

development of autism in children, the M.D./Ph.D. researchers specializing

in psychiatry are now blaming the presumably defective sperm of older

fathers for the development of regressive autism in children. They are

desperate to blame the iatrogenic autism epidemic on everyone but their

M.D./Ph.D. vaccine-pushing colleagues specializing in infectious disease,

public health and pediatrics.

In a retrospective study looking at 17 year old children born in Israel in

the 1960's (when only polio, DPT and measles vaccine was being

administered), researchers concluded that older fathers were more likely to

have autistic children. It is unknown whether this finding could be

replicated when looking at children born in America in 2003, when the

numbers of doses of vaccines given to children had more than tripled.

Most children suffering from regressive autism in the past two decades have

been born to young fathers and mothers who will struggle as older parents

to provide support for their older autistic children.

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Linked to Higher Autism Rates

Children born to older dads may be much more likely to have autism than

those with younger fathers.

FOX News

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

By Warner

A new study shows that children of 40-year-old to 49-year-old dads are

nearly six times more likely to have autism than children of men under 30,

regardless of the mother’s age.

The researchers say the study provides the first convincing evidence

advanced paternal age is a risk factor for autism.

Autism is a chronic disorder that emerges by age 3 and is associated with

behavioral disturbances such as social and language abnormalities, and

repetitive patterns of behaviors.

The prevalence of autism and related autism spectrum disorders has

increased dramatically, rising from 5 to 50 cases per 10,000 children over

the last 20 years.

Researchers say some of that increase may be due to better detection and

awareness of the disorder, but it may also reflect a true increase in

incidence due to yet unexplained factors.

Dad’s Age Affects Autism Risk

Older maternal age has been linked to an increased risk of developmental

problems in children, but researchers say few studies have looked

specifically at the role of the father’s age in autism risk.

In this study, researchers looked at more than 300,000 17-year-olds

assessed medically and psychologically by the military draft board in

Israel during the 1980s. They checked to see whether the age of the father

contributed to the risk of autism in the young men and women.

Information on the age of the mother was also available for more than

100,000 of the 17-year- olds.

The results showed that advancing age among the fathers was associated with

an increased risk of autism, even after adjusting for the year the teens

were born, their socioeconomic status, and the age of their mother.

Overall, the risk of autism was 5.75 times greater among children born to

men aged 40 to 49, compared with those born to men under 30.

Age among mothers was not associated with autism after factoring in the

effect of the father’s age.

Researcher Abraham Reichenberg, PhD, of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine

in New York, and colleagues say more work is needed to confirm these results.

One possible explanation for the link may be spontaneous mutations in

sperm-producing cells or alterations in gene expression associated with

advancing age among fathers, the researchers say.

By Warner, reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

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