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The NAS-NRC Twin Registry and Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging: An Update.

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Gatz, M; Plassman, BL; Tanner, CM; Goldman, SM; Swan, GE; Chanti-Ketterl, M; Walters, EE; Butler, DA
Published in: Twin Res Hum Genet
December 2019

The National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council (NAS-NRC) Twin Registry is one of the oldest, national population-based twin registries in the USA. It comprises 15,924 White male twin pairs born in the years 1917-1927 (N = 31.848), both of whom served in the armed forces, chiefly during World War II. This article updates activities in this registry since the most recent report in Twin Research and Human Genetics (Page, 2006). Records-based data include information from enlistment charts and Veterans Administration data linkages. There have been three major epidemiologic questionnaires and an education and earnings survey. Separate data collection efforts with the NAS-NRC registry include the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) subsample, the Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging and a clinically based study of Parkinson's disease. Progress has been made on consolidating the various data holdings of the NAS-NRC Twin Registry. Data that had been available through the National Academy of Sciences are now freely available through National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA).

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Twin Res Hum Genet

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1832-4274

Publication Date

December 2019

Volume

22

Issue

6

Start / End Page

757 / 760

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • United States
  • Twins
  • Registries
  • National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division
  • Memory
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Genetics & Heredity
 

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Gatz, M., Plassman, B. L., Tanner, C. M., Goldman, S. M., Swan, G. E., Chanti-Ketterl, M., … Butler, D. A. (2019). The NAS-NRC Twin Registry and Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging: An Update. Twin Res Hum Genet, 22(6), 757–760. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.45
Gatz, Margaret, Brenda L. Plassman, Caroline M. Tanner, Samuel M. Goldman, Gary E. Swan, Marianne Chanti-Ketterl, Ellen E. Walters, and David A. Butler. “The NAS-NRC Twin Registry and Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging: An Update.Twin Res Hum Genet 22, no. 6 (December 2019): 757–60. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.45.
Gatz M, Plassman BL, Tanner CM, Goldman SM, Swan GE, Chanti-Ketterl M, et al. The NAS-NRC Twin Registry and Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging: An Update. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2019 Dec;22(6):757–60.
Gatz, Margaret, et al. “The NAS-NRC Twin Registry and Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging: An Update.Twin Res Hum Genet, vol. 22, no. 6, Dec. 2019, pp. 757–60. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/thg.2019.45.
Gatz M, Plassman BL, Tanner CM, Goldman SM, Swan GE, Chanti-Ketterl M, Walters EE, Butler DA. The NAS-NRC Twin Registry and Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging: An Update. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2019 Dec;22(6):757–760.
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Published In

Twin Res Hum Genet

DOI

ISSN

1832-4274

Publication Date

December 2019

Volume

22

Issue

6

Start / End Page

757 / 760

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • United States
  • Twins
  • Registries
  • National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division
  • Memory
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Genetics & Heredity