Organization:TwinsUK
Founder(s) | Professor Tim Spector |
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Established | 1992 |
Staff | 50 |
Location | , UK |
Address | St Thomas’ Hospital Campus 3rd & 4th Floor South Wing Block D, Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH |
Website | www |
TwinsUK, also known as TwinsUK Registry, is the biggest UK adult registry of twins in the United Kingdom , ages 16 to 98 to study the genetic and environmental aetiology of age related complex traits and diseases.[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 13,000 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 predominantly female (83%) and middle-aged or older, with about an equal division of monozygotic and dizygotic twins.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. PMC 3927054. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8831254. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research: 2013 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. 1 May 2013. p. 949. ISBN 978-1-4901-0606-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=pr2neQMNSYQC&pg=PA949.
- ↑ Issues in Cardiology: 2011 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. 9 January 2012. p. 524. ISBN 978-1-4649-6433-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=RiMQq6VPH5oC&pg=PA524.
- ↑ Bone Diseases: Advances in Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. 9 January 2012. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4649-2615-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=aKmQlP1BjtMC&pg=PA84.
- ↑ 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. PMID 22253318.