Parental age and parity in dyslexic boys

31 July 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Biosocial Science

Vol. 10 (3) , 255-261
https://doi.org/10.1017/s002193200001172x

Abstract

Summary: The influence of parental age at birth, and parity, was studied in a series of 48 dyslexic boys. It was concluded that both increased paternal and maternal age contributes to a greater incidence of the condition. The similarity to the age distributions of chromosomal aberrations and some mutation defects suggests some genetic implication. The findings thus favour a biological rather than environmental element in the aetiology.

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