Adult Netherlands Twin Register (ANTR)
The ANTR follows twins and parents, siblings, spouses, and offspring of twins from the Netherlands. The first members of the sample were originally adolescent and young adult twins who were recruited in 1991-1993 through city council offices. The register expanded over time to include more twins and family members, and currently consists of 33,957 individuals. Of those, over 8,000 were previously in the related Young NTR (YNTR) and over 1,600 have dual roles across ANTR and YNTR.
Study design
Cohort - twin, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
1,703 (families)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
1949 - 1978 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1991
Primary Institutions
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)
Center for Medical Systems Biology (CMSB)
European Research Council (ERC)
Institute for Health and Care Research, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam
Marie Curie Research Training Networks
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
