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IGEMS: The Consortium on Interplay of Genes and Environment Across Multiple Studies
- Source :
- Pedersen, N L, Christensen, K, Dahl, A K, Finkel, D, Franz, C E, Gatz, M, Horwitz, B N, Johansson, B, Johnson, W, Kremen, W S, Lyons, M J, Malmberg, B, McGue, M, Neiderhiser, J M, Petersen, I & Reynolds, C A 2013, ' IGEMS: The Consortium on Interplay of Genes and Environment Across Multiple Studies ', Twin Research and Human Genetics, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 481-489 . https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.110
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2012.
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Abstract
- The Interplay of Genes and Environment across Multiple Studies (IGEMS) group is a consortium of eight longitudinal twin studies established to explore the nature of social context effects and gene-environment interplay in late-life functioning. The resulting analysis of the combined data from over 17,500 participants aged 25-102 at baseline (including nearly 2,600 monogygotic and 4,300 dizygotic twin pairs and over 1,700 family members) aims to understand why early life adversity, and social factors such as isolation and loneliness, are associated with diverse outcomes including mortality, physical functioning (health, functional ability), and psychological functioning (well-being, cognition), particularly in later life. The Interplay of Genes and Environment across Multiple Studies (IGEMS) group is a consortium of eight longitudinal twin studies established to explore the nature of social context effects and gene-environment interplay in late-life functioning. The resulting analysis of the combined data from over 17,500 participants aged 25-102 at baseline (including nearly 2,600 monogygotic and 4,300 dizygotic twin pairs and over 1,700 family members) aims to understand why early life adversity, and social factors such as isolation and loneliness, are associated with diverse outcomes including mortality, physical functioning (health, functional ability), and psychological functioning (well-being, cognition), particularly in later life.
- Subjects :
- Male
Health Status
Social Environment
Developmental psychology
Physical functioning
Twins, Dizygotic
Longitudinal Studies
Registries
Functional ability
Young adult
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Genetics (clinical)
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cognition
Loneliness
twins
Middle Aged
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
Female
medicine.symptom
Psychology
BEHAVIOR
Adult
SEX-DIFFERENCES
longitudinal
Dizygotic twin
COGNITIVE-ABILITIES
Genetics, Behavioral
Article
Young Adult
AGE
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Diseases in Twins
medicine
Humans
Family
Aged
OLDER
aging
International Agencies
Social environment
Twins, Monozygotic
Twin study
gene-environment interaction
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Gene-Environment Interaction
GENDER
DANISH TWINS
Cognition Disorders
LONELINESS
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18392628 and 18324274
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Twin Research and Human Genetics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a9db84db9063909df2da4219db914c43