Individual Study / GENDER

Aging in Women and Men

Aging in Women and Men

Initiatives -
Start Year
1994
End Year
2007
Funding
VR, SFR, Axel & Margaret Ax
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Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. Prof. Anna Dahl Aslan
    Jönköping University

Design

Study design
Population cohort
Follow Up
Three health assessment with 4 years apart (1995-1997, 1999-2001, and 2003-2005) have been collected and a second questionnaire was sent out in 2007.

Marker Paper

Carol H. Gold, Bo Malmberg, Gerald E. McClearn, Nancy L. Pedersen, Stig Berg, Gender and Health: A Study of Older Unlike-Sex Twins, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Volume 57, Issue 3, 1 May 2002, Pages S168–S176, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/57.3.S168

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Recruitment

Sources of Recruitment
  • Families

Number of participants

Number of participants
1,210
Number of participants with biosamples
Supplementary Information
All living pairs of unlike-sex twins born between 1906 and 1925.

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
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Availability of access information

By contacting the study representative