title: The Swedish Twin Registry: a unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies.
abstract: The Swedish Twin Registry (STR), which today has developed into a unique resource, was first established in the late 1950s to study the importance of smoking and alcohol consumption on cancer and cardiovascular diseases whilst controlling for genetic propensity to disease. Since that time, the Registry has been expanded and updated on several occasions, and the focus has similarly broadened to most common complex diseases. In the following, we will summarize the content of the database, describe for the first time recent data collection efforts and review some of the principal findings that have come from the Registry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: De Faire
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Floderus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Svartengren
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Svedberg
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D018433:Twin Studies as Topic / Q000379:methods*