Parental Age and Differential Estimates of Risk for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Findings From the Danish Birth Cohort

Parental age at birth has been shown to affect the rates of a range of neurodevelopmental disorders, but the understanding of the mechanisms through which it mediates different outcomes is still lacking. We used a population-based cohort to assess differential effects of parental age on estimates of risk across pediatric-onset neuropsychiatric disorders: autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome/chronic tic disorder (TS/CT).

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Magdalena Janecka, Stefan N. Hansen, Amirhossein Modabbernia, Heidi A. Browne, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Diana E. Schendel, Abraham Reichenberg, Erik T. Parner, Dorothy E. Grice Tags: New Research Source Type: research