The Swedish Twin Registry in the third millennium: an update.
The Swedish Twin Registry was first established in the late 1950s. Today it includes more than 170,000 twins--in principle, all twins born in Sweden since 1886. In this article we describe some ongoing and recently completed projects based on the registry. In particular, we describe recent efforts to screen all twins born between 1959 and 1985, and young twin pairs when they turn 9 and 12 years of age. For these studies, we present initial frequencies of common conditions and exposures.
Lichtenstein
Paul
P
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. paul.lichtenstein@ki.se
Sullivan
Patrick F
PF
Cnattingius
Sven
S
Gatz
Margaret
M
Johansson
Sofie
S
Carlström
Eva
E
Björk
Camilla
C
Svartengren
Magnus
M
Wolk
Alicja
A
Klareskog
Lars
L
de Faire
Ulf
U
Schalling
Martin
M
Palmgren
Juni
J
Pedersen
Nancy L
NL
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D002648:Child; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000453:epidemiology; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012042:Registries; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D018433:Twin Studies as Topic / Q000639:trends