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FinnTwin16: A Longitudinal Study from Age 16 of a Population-Based Finnish Twin Cohort
- Source :
- Twin Research and Human Genetics. 22:530-539
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2019.
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Abstract
- The purpose of this review is to provide a detailed and updated description of the FinnTwin16 (FT16) study and its future directions. The Finnish Twin Cohort comprises three different cohorts: the Older Twin Cohort established in the 1970s and the FinnTwin12 and FT16 initiated in the 1990s. FT16 was initiated in 1991 to identify the genetic and environmental precursors of alcoholism, but later the scope of the project expanded to studying the determinants of various health-related behaviors and diseases in different stages of life. The main areas addressed are alcohol use and its consequences, smoking, physical activity, overall physical health, eating behaviors and eating disorders, weight development, obesity, life satisfaction and personality. To date, five waves of data collection have been completed and the sixth is now planned. Data from the FT16 cohort have contributed to several hundred studies and many substudies, with more detailed phenotyping and collection of omics data completed or underway. FT16 has also contributed to many national and international collaborations.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Longitudinal study
Alcohol Drinking
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Twins
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Population based
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Diseases in Twins
medicine
Humans
Personality
Longitudinal Studies
Registries
Finland
Genetics (clinical)
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Data collection
Incidence
Mental Disorders
Smoking
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Life satisfaction
030229 sport sciences
medicine.disease
Obesity
3. Good health
Alcoholism
Eating disorders
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Cohort
Twin Studies as Topic
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18392628 and 18324274
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Twin Research and Human Genetics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9d5bc6412098a7bc939ae0afdfe183da