Paternal age and child death: The stillbirth case

Rychtarikova, J;Gourbin, Catherine;Wunsch, Guillaume
(2004) European Journal of Population — Vol. 20, n° 1, p. 23-33 (2004)

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  • Rychtarikova, J
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  • Gourbin, CatherineUCLouvain
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  • Wunsch, GuillaumeUCLouvain
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Abstract
Previous research has shown an association between paternal age and neonatal mortality controlling for age of mother and other confounding factors. As this association is possibly of a biological nature, one would also expect to find a significant relationship between paternal age and foetal mortality, stillbirth in particular. The present research is based on a Czech individual data set for the period 1986-1990. The risk of stillbirth is examined using logistic regression, taking account of both parental ages, sex of the foetus, birth order, prematurity, and education of parents. It is shown that, in this data set, there is a significant relation between age of father and risk of stillbirth.
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Rychtarikova, J., Gourbin, C., & Wunsch, G. (2004). Paternal age and child death: The stillbirth case. European Journal of Population, 20(1), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EUJP.0000014514.52745.54 (Original work published 2004)