We know that in women it is not convenient to be a mother at an advanced age due to the increased risk of genetic alterations in the baby and complications in pregnancy and childbirth. But the biological clock not only advances for them, the age of men also has an impact on the health of the future baby.
Specifically, an epidemiological study presented at the international symposium on advances in psychiatry held in Madrid ensures that from the age of 40 increases the risk of psychiatric diseases in children.
Paternity after 40 years triples the risk of children suffering from schizophrenia and multiplies the risk of autism by five, data confirming previous studies linking paternal age with this type of disorders, as well as with bipolar disorder and risk of abortion
The explanation, experts believe, focuses on the degradation of sperm that "increases the percentage of genetic mutations that produce defective cells."
As research shows, the father's age influences both the health of the children and that of the mother. However, completely in contrast to what would be advisable, it is most common for men and women to become parents from the age of 35, when they more or less have an economic and emotional stability that allows them to start a family. , even in spite of the risks of generating children at advanced ages.
