The doubt about the ideal age to have children has always been part of research and studies to find out what the risks that a late pregnancy can bring to the baby.
As an answer to these questions, other studies previously presented have already shown that the mother’s age does imply the quality of pregnancy and the child’s health.
In their case, this is due to the aging of the eggs, which are already present in the female organism since birth, and which along with the woman also age.
But what about men? Can being a father at an advanced age also compromise the baby’s health?
A new study found that, for them, late parenting increases a child’s risk of having early-onset schizophrenia .
This means that the chances of a child having schizophrenia before the age of 18 are greater, and that this is already considered a more serious stage of the condition, according to the researchers.
The study
The researchers analyzed the polygenic risks (action of genes linked to the disease) of more than 1,600 people diagnosed with schizophrenia to see how much the maternal and paternal genetics contributed to the disorder.
As a result, scientists noted that men who had children already in later life were more likely to have children with schizophrenia.
