TwinsUK: The UK Adult Twin Registry Update

TwinsUK is the largest cohort of community-dwelling adult twins in the UK. The registry comprises over 14,000 volunteer twins (14,838 including mixed, single and triplets); it is predominantly female (82%) and middle-aged (mean age 59). In addition, over 1800 parents and siblings of twins are regist...

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Published in:	Twin research and human genetics Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 523 - 529
Main Authors:	Verdi, Serena, Abbasian, Golboo, Bowyer, Ruth C. E., Lachance, Genevieve, Yarand, Darioush, Christofidou, Paraskevi, Mangino, Massimo, Menni, Cristina, Bell, Jordana T., Falchi, Mario, Small, Kerrin S., Williams, Frances M. K., Hammond, Christopher J., Hart, Deborah J., Spector, Timothy D., Steves, Claire J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Cambridge University Press 01.12.2019
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Biomedical research Cognitive ability Data collection Disease Diseases in Twins - epidemiology Diseases in Twins - genetics Diseases in Twins - metabolism Diseases in Twins - microbiology DNA methylation Epidemiology Epigenetics Female Gene expression Genetic Markers Genome-Wide Association Study Genotype & phenotype Humans Incidence Longitudinal Studies Male Metabolome Metabolomics Metagenome Middle Aged Next-generation sequencing Phenotyping Questionnaires Registries - statistics & numerical data Telomeres Twins Twins - genetics United Kingdom - epidemiology Urine Womens health Young Adult United Kingdom United Kingdom > UK epidemiology pain omics TwinsUK ophthalmology aging microbiome
ISSN:	1832-4274, 1839-2628
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