healthydailymail.com Not only the age of the mother during pregnancy and childbirth is touted to give effect to the condition of the baby. A study proves that when the father's age to have a baby also has an effect, precisely at the risk of blood cancer children.
Yes, studies have been published in the American Journal of Epidemiology says that the older the age of the father when a child, then the child's risk for cancer of the blood and immune system related experience problems will also increase.
However, when probed with maternal age, the risk of this cancer did not seem to have a significant relationship.
"The numbers are quite low, about 1 in 20 people. However, these results still can not be underestimated and further study is needed to find the cause of the relationship," said study leader, Lauren terrace, from the American Cancer Society, as quoted from Medscape, Friday (05/15/2015).
In this study, the researchers analyzed data on female and male respondents were enrolled in the study of the American Cancer Society, Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort.
Among 138 003 participants, there were 2,532 cases of hematological cancers were identified between 1992 and 2009. The researchers found a significant association between paternal age among the participants with the risk of cancer in children.
In the group, children who were born when his father was 35 years old or more have a 63 percent higher risk of developing a blood cancer, compared with those whose fathers were younger than 25 years.
After finding these results, Terrace confirmed that it hopes the study can be followed to find other important things. Including how the father's age can affect the risk of cancer in children.
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