Autism Odds Double For Kids Born To Moms Over 40

Disability Scoop: Older mothers are more likely to give birth to a child with autism, largely irrespective of the father’s age, one of the biggest population-based studies of and parental ageautism has found.

The risk of having a child with autism increases by 18 percent for every five years a woman ages before giving birth, according to research published online Monday in the journal Autism Research. That means a 40-year-old woman is 50 percent more likely to have a child with autism than a mother who is age 25 to 29.

A father’s age only seems to matter when the mother is under age 30, but

View post:
Autism Odds Double For Kids Born To Moms Over 40

No Tag

FEATURES, VIEWS & REVIEWS

World News
World Breaking News Update, U.S News, Pakistani News, Pak News, World News, Local news, World today Breaking news instantly.

U.S News
Latest news updates from U.S – U.S.News updates

Entertrainment News
Entertainment News from Bollywood news,Lollywood news celebrity news celebrity gossip and latest Entertainment news.

LATEST NEWS HEADLINES

ALSO IN THE NEWS

Unidentified Persons Injure Daughter, Son-in-law of LHC Judge

Pakistan News : Unidentified armed persons firing on Thursday in Gulberg area of Lahore injured the daughter and son-in-law of Justice Asad Munir of Lahore High Courts Rawalpindi Bench. According to initial reports, the couple was shopping in Gulberg Market when unidentified persons attacked them, leaving them injured

Autism Odds Double For Kids Born To Moms Over 40

123BreakingNews © 2008