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The Older Finnish Twin Cohort : 45 Years of Follow-up
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Abstract
- The older Finnish Twin Cohort (FTC) was established in 1974. The baseline survey was in 1975, with two follow-up health surveys in 1981 and 1990. The fourth wave of assessments was done in three parts, with a questionnaire study of twins born during 1945–1957 in 2011–2012, while older twins were interviewed and screened for dementia in two time periods, between 1999 and 2007 for twins born before 1938 and between 2013 and 2017 for twins born in 1938–1944. The content of these wave 4 assessments is described and some initial results are described. In addition, we have invited twin-pairs, based on response to the cohortwide surveys, to participate in detailed in-person studies; these are described briefly together with key results. We also review other projects based on the older FTC and provide information on the biobanking of biosamples and related phenotypes.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Male
Aging
HORMONE-REPLACEMENT THERAPY
physical activity
BLOOD-PRESSURE
Cohort Studies
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Twins, Dizygotic
kohonnut verenpaine
Medicine
kohorttitutkimus
Genetics (clinical)
Finland
Biological Specimen Banks
Aged, 80 and over
alcohol
1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
twins
Middle Aged
Biobank
POPULATION-BASED TWIN
epigenetiikka
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
Cohort
SKELETAL-MUSCLE
Female
fyysinen aktiivisuus
Cohort study
Adult
hypertension
Alcohol Drinking
longitudinal
Physical activity
review
PAIRS DISCORDANT
pitkittäistutkimus
smoking
ENVIRONMENTAL-INFLUENCES
03 medical and health sciences
TIME PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY
tupakointi
Diseases in Twins
cohort study
Dementia
Humans
GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION
alkoholi (päihteet)
Depressive symptoms
Questionnaire study
Aged
kaksostutkimus
epigenetics
business.industry
aging
Baseline survey
Twins, Monozygotic
medicine.disease
kaksoset
030104 developmental biology
ikääntyminen
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
TELOMERE LENGTH
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Demography
Follow-Up Studies
dementia
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3a4f56a596aaf70dbaa15c9129737a68