Affiliation:
1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 3rd Department of Pediatrics Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece
Abstract
AbstractAdvanced age at conception usually refers to human mothers aged 35 years plus and fathers aged 40 years plus. Advanced parental age may be responsible for genetic and/or epigenetic alterations and may affect the health of offspring. Limited epidemiological and experimental studies have addressed the effect of advanced parental age on cardio‐metabolic functions in human and rodent offspring. This mini review aimed to present the knowledge by focusing on adverse and favourable outcomes related to sex‐specific risks and intergenerational inheritance. The outcomes identified by this review were mainly negative, but there were also some positive results.
Subject
General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health