Individual Study / OCTO-Twin

Study of Origins of Variance in the Old-Old

Study of Origins of Variance in the Old-Old

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Initiatives -
Start Year
1991
End Year
2002
Funding
NIH(NIA)
Supplementary Information
https://www.maelstrom-research.org/mica/individual-study/octo-twin
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Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. Prof. Boo Johansson
    University of Gothenburg

Design

Study design
Population cohort
Follow Up
5 waves of data collection at 2 year intervals(8years follow up).

Marker Paper

Cadar, D, Stephan, BCM, Jagger, C, Johansson, B, Hofer, SM, Piccinin, AM & Muniz-Terrera, G 2015, 'The role of cognitive reserve on terminal decline: A cross-cohort analysis from two European studies: OCTOTwin, Sweden, and Newcastle 85+, UK', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 601- 610. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4366

PUBMED 26471722

Recruitment

Sources of Recruitment
  • Families

Number of participants

Number of participants
702
Number of participants with biosamples
552

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
Other

Availability of access information

By contacting the study representative