MId-aged Danish Twins (MIDT)
Initiatives
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To extend and consolidate the infrastructure in of the Danish Twin Registry (DTR), and in addition to collect biological material on the midlife cohorts of the Registry
**The guidelines for access to the twin data may be requested by approaching the scientific board of the Danish Twin Registry: tvilling@health.sdu.dk**
- End Year
- 2015
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Skytthe A, Christiansen L, Kyvik KO, et al. The Danish Twin Registry: linking surveys, national registers, and biological information. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2013;16(1):104-111. doi:10.1017/thg.2012.77
PUBMED 23084092
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 14,000
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Twin pairs born in Denmark since 1870, in addition to a number of triplets and quadruplets.
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...