A assessment of the effects of parental age on the development of autism in children: a systematic review and a meta-analysis

Increased risk of autism in children is significantly associated with greater parents' ages. Further research is needed to gain further insight into the mechanisms responsible for the effects of parents' ages on the risk of autism in children. The findings of previous studies on the association between parents' ages and their children's autism risk have been mixed. Therefore, by carefully examining a number of previous investigations, in this study we aimed to determine the exact relationship between parental age and autism risk. According to the study's findings, parents who are older have a higher chance of their child getting autism. In other words, children of older parents are more likely to develop autism. The exact causes of this relationship, however, are still unclear. This study shows that higher age of parents can be one of the risk factors for autism in their childs.