Study of Middle-Aged Danish Twins
Initiatives
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Twin study that was undertaken to examine the relative importance of genetic and environmental factors on health as well as to characterize survival patterns in old age within 4 broad areas:
1) physical ability and disability
2) cognitive function
3) depression symptomatology
4) health and mortality.
- Start Year
- 1998
- End Year
- 2011
Visit MADT
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Supplementary Information
- https://www.sdu.dk/en/om_sdu/institutter_centre/ist_sundhedstjenesteforsk/centre/dtr/researcher/data
Marker Paper
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Families
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 4,314
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Birth year from 1931 to 1952.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.sdu.dk/en/om_sdu/institutter_centre...