paternal age

collocation in English

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paternal
adjective
uk
/pəˈtɜː.nəl/
us
/pəˈtɝː.nəl/
typical of or like a father, especially a ...
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age
noun
uk
/eɪdʒ/
us
/eɪdʒ/
the period of time someone has been alive or something ...
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(Definition ofpaternalandagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Moreover, much higher estimates of the familial component of longevity for daughters are observed when the data are controlled forpaternalageat reproduction.
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The effect ofpaternalageis of border-line significance.
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Table 1 shows the distribution of the dyslexic boys in their respectivepaternalagegroups at birth.
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It is also worth discussing the threshold nature of the effect ofpaternalageon daughters' longevity.
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To provide a better estimate ofpaternalagein the general population before 1961, we undertook a survey of a sample of the general population.
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This increase inpaternalageat birth of dyslexic boys is highly significant (j2 = 23-8 with 3 df).
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Epidemiological studies frequently focus upon the variables of maternal age andpaternalage.
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Some variation in birth frequency then may be expected to depend onpaternalagedistribution.
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Some dominant mutations show apaternalageeffect, that is increasing frequency with increasingpaternalage.
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Furthermore, there is no evidence of any consistent trend for the various maternal age groups or for the variouspaternalagegroups.
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All three of the problems outlined above might have been illuminated by control data subdivided simultaneously by maternal age,paternalageand social class.
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Of the remaining 5212,1 considered 5029 cases for whom it was possible to categorize simultaneously maternal age,paternalageand socioeconomic class of the father.
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Advancedpaternalageand fetal outcome have been studied and any adverse link withpaternalageunder 40 years is debatable.
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Maternal andpaternalage, race, and socioeconomic status also were equivalent for families in the two groups.
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Maternal andpaternalage, race, and family socioeconomic status were also equivalent.
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The squared multiple correlation coefficient of the final four term model (birth order linear and squared,paternalagesquared and birth order xpaternalage) was 0-23.
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Maternal andpaternalageat the time of recruitment into the study averaged 29.7 years (range 1⁄4 16-43) and 31.8 years (range 1⁄4 19-46), respectively.
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Increasedpaternalagehas also been correlated to schizophrenia in numerous studies.
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However, they report a significant effect ofpaternalage.
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