NDLI: Maternal age and risk for trisomy 21 assessed by the origin of chromosome nondisjunction: a report from the Atlanta and National Down Syndrome Projects

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Author	Allen, Emily Graves Freeman, Sallie B. Druschel, Charlotte Hobbs, Charlotte A. O’Leary, Leslie A. Romitti, Paul A. Royle, Marjorie H. Torfs, Claudine P. Sherman, Stephanie L.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	We examined the association between maternal age and chromosome 21 nondisjunction by origin of the meiotic error. We analyzed data from two population-based, case–control studies: Atlanta Down Syndrome Project (1989–1999) and National Down Syndrome Project (2001–2004). Cases were live born infants with trisomy 21 and controls were infants without trisomy 21 delivered in the same geographical regions. We enrolled 1,215 of 1,881 eligible case families and 1,375 of 2,293 controls. We report four primary findings. First, the significant association between advanced maternal age and chromosome 21 nondisjunction was restricted to meiotic errors in the egg; the association was not observed in sperm or in post-zygotic mitotic errors. Second, advanced maternal age was significantly associated with both meiosis I (MI) and meiosis II (MII). For example, compared to mothers of controls, mothers of infants with trisomy 21 due to MI nondisjunction were 8.5 times more likely to be ≥40 years old than 20–24 years old at the birth of the index case (95% CI = 5.6–12.9). Where nondisjunction occurred in MII, mothers were 15.1 times more likely to be ≥40 years (95% CI = 8.4–27.3). Third, the ratio of MI to MII errors differed by maternal age. The ratio was lower among women <19 years of age and those ≥40 years (2.1, 2.3, respectively) and higher in the middle age group (3.6). Lastly, we found no effect of grand-maternal age on the risk for maternal nondisjunction. This study emphasizes the complex association between advanced maternal age and nondisjunction of chromosome 21 during oogenesis.
Starting Page	41
Ending Page	52
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03406717
Journal	Human Genetics
Volume Number	125
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14321203
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2008-12-03
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Human Genetics Metabolic Diseases Gene Function Molecular Medicine
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Genetics (clinical)

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