TwinsUK

TwinsUK
Founder(s) Professor Tim Spector
Established 1992 (1992)
Staff 50
Location London, UK
Address St Thomas’ Hospital Campus
3rd & 4th Floor South Wing Block D, Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7EH
Website www.twinsuk.ac.uk

TwinsUK, also known as TwinsUK Registry, is a registry of twins in the United Kingdom, ages 16 to 98.[1] Established in 1993, it is based at King's College London with an intent of aiding genetic research. The registry is used to connect researchers to volunteers.[2][3][4]

It is the largest registry of twin adults in the UK.[5] As of 2013, it hosted information on more than 120,000 volunteer twins, with approximately 50% having completed a baseline comprehensive assessment and more than 70% having completed a detailed health questionnaire. As of 2013, the cohort was predominately female (83%) and middle-aged or older, with about an equal division of monozygotic and dizygotic twins.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Moayyeria, Alireza; Hammond, Christopher J; Harta, Deborah J; Spector, Timothy D (February 2013). "The UK Adult Twin Registry (TwinsUK Resource)". Twin Research and Human Genetics 16 (1): 144–149. doi:10.1017/thg.2012.89. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research: 2013 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. 1 May 2013. p. 949. ISBN 978-1-4901-0606-9.
  3. ↑ Issues in Cardiology: 2011 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. 9 January 2012. p. 524. ISBN 978-1-4649-6433-6.
  4. ↑ Bone Diseases: Advances in Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. 9 January 2012. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4649-2615-0.
  5. ↑ Moayyeri, A; Hammond CJ; Valdes AM; Spector TD (February 2013). "Cohort Profile: TwinsUK and healthy ageing twin study". International Journal of Epidemiology 42 (1): 76–85. doi:10.1093/ije/dyr207. PMC 3600616. PMID 22253318. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

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