The NAS-NRC Twin Registry of WWII military veteran twins. National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. |
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Authors: | William F Page |
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Affiliation: | Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine,Washington, DC 20001, USA. wpage@nas.edu |
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Abstract: | The NAS-NRC Twin Registry is one of the oldest, national population based-twin registries in the United States. It consists of 15,924 white male twin pairs born in the years 1917-1927 (inclusive) both of whom served in the armed forces. The registry, which has been in operation more than 30 years, has collected data from a variety of sources. Records-based, computerized data have come largely from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and there have been three major epidemiologic questionnaires, undertaken roughly every 15 years. Classic twin studies on a variety of medical conditions were the early focus of the registry, which now has a strong focus on chronic disease epidemiology. Work on a DNA specimen bank has been proceeding slowly, but is now a top priority, due to the increasing force of mortality in this twin cohort. |
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