Parental age-related risk of retinoblastoma in Iranian children.
BACKGROUND
Retinoblastoma is a rare malignant intraocular neoplasm. About 90% of cases feature a germline mutation in the RB1 gene and these will develop retinoblastoma during their early childhood. An association between mutations in germline cells and aging has been demonstrated. This suggests a higher incidence of childhood cancer including retinoblastoma among children of older parents.


METHODS
In the present study we aimed to determine the association of paternal and maternal age with an increased risk of retinoblastoma in a case-control study in Iranian population. The study was carried out on 240 persons who were born during 1984-2012 in Mahak and Mofid hospitals in Tehran, Iran. The statistical analysis included studying the mean age of parents and in order to know whether parental age of patients is different from parental age of control group, (t-test) compare averages test is used perfectly. By binary logistic regression, odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated.


RESULTS
The results of statistical analysis including the study of mean parental age by the use of (t-test) compare averages test showed a significant difference between parental ages of patients and controls. Logistic regression showed that coefficients were significant for maternal but not paternal age.


CONCLUSIONS
Our findings indicate that advanced maternal age can increase the risk of retinoblastoma in offspring, but the paternal age has no significant effect.
Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, E-mail : Saber.imani@yahoo.com.
Leila
L
Saremi
Saber
S
Imani
Maryam
M
Rostaminia
Zakiye
Z
Nadeali
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D010331:Paternal Age; D011379:Prognosis; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult