Swedish Young Male Twins Study
The Swedish Young Male Twins Study was a population-based cohort that was founded in 1997 through record-linkages of several national registers, focused on the biological risk factors for cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance among young adults in Sweden. The sample included over 2,800 male twin individuals born in Sweden between 1973 and 1979 and residing in Sweden in 1997. Follow-up assessments were conducted in 1998, 2002 and 2005 to 2006.
Study design
Cohort - twin, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,810 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
1973 - 1979 (participants)
Participant sex
Male
Representative sample at baseline?
Male twins in Sweden.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
Karolinska Institute (Karolinska Institutet, KI)
Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Swedish Council for Research
Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
