Sperm from older men also has higher risk of producing kids with genetic defects[0]
[0]http://genetics.thetech.org/older-dads’-kids-higher-risk-gen...
[0]http://genetics.thetech.org/older-dads’-kids-higher-risk-gen...
"But what is also obvious is that it can be very difficult to untangle mom and dad’s contributions because they tend to track together in age. Older dads tend to have children with older moms."
It's a pretty big confounding variable.