The CODATwins Project: The Cohort Description of Collaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins to Study Macro-Environmental Variation in Genetic and Environmental Effects on Anthropometric Traits

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 348-360

  Silventoinen, Karri ^a,b   Jelenkovic, Aline ^a,c   Sund, Reijo ^a   Honda, Chika ^b   Aaltonen, Sari ^a   Yokoyama, Yoshie ^d   Tarnoki, Adam D ^e   Tarnoki, David L ^e   Ning, Feng ^f   Ji, Fuling ^f   Pang, Zengchang ^f   Ordoñana, Juan R ^g,h   Sánchez Romera, Juan F ^g,h   Colodro Conde, Lucia ^g,i   Burt, S Alexandra ^j   Klump, Kelly L ^j   Medland, Sarah E ⁱ   Montgomery, Grant W ⁱ   Kandler, Christian ^k   McAdams, Tom A ^l   Eley, Thalia C ^l   Gregory, Alice M ^m   Saudino, Kimberly J ⁿ   Dubois, Lise ^o   Boivin, Michel ^p   Haworth, Claire M A ^q   Plomin, Robert ^l   Öncel, Sevgi Y ^r   Aliev, Fazil ^s,t   Stazi, Maria A ^u   Fagnani, Corrado ^u   D'Ippolito, Cristina ^u   Craig, Jeffrey M ^v,w   Saffery, Richard ^v,w   Siribaddana, Sisira H ^x,y   Hotopf, Matthew ^z   Sumathipala, Athula ^x,aa   Spector, Timothy ^z   Mangino, Massimo ^z   Lachance, Genevieve ^z   Gatz, Margaret ^ab   Butler, David A ^ac   Bayasgalan, Gombojav ^ad   Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol ^ad,ae   Freitas, Duarte L ^af   Maia, José Antonio ^ag   Harden, K Paige ^ah   Tucker Drob, Elliot M ^ah   Christensen, Kaare ^ai,aj   Skytthe, Axel ^ai   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^ai,aj   Hong, Changhee ^ak   Chong, Youngsook ^ak   Derom, Catherine A ^al   Vlietinck, Robert F ^al   Loos, Ruth J F ^am   Cozen, Wendy ^an,ao   Hwang, Amie E ^an   Mack, Thomas M ^an,ao   He, Mingguang ^w,ap   Ding, Xiaohu ^ap   Chang, Billy ^ap   Silberg, Judy L ^s   Eaves, Lindon J ^s   Maes, Hermine H ^aq   Cutler, Tessa L ^w   Hopper, John L ^w,ar   Aujard, Kelly ^w   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^as   Pedersen, Nancy L ^as   Aslan, Anna K Dahl ^as,at   Song, Yun Mi ^au   Yang, Sarah ^ar   Lee, Kayoung ^av   Baker, Laura A ^ab   Tuvblad, Catherine ^ab,aw   Bjerregaard Andersen, Morten ^aj,ax,ay   Beck Nielsen, Henning ^aj   Sodemann, Morten ^aj   Heikkilä, Kauko ^a   Tan, Qihua ^ai   Zhang, Dongfeng ^az   Swan, Gary E ^ba   Krasnow, Ruth ^bb   Jang, Kerry L ^bc   Knafo Noam, Ariel ^bd   Mankuta, David ^bd   Abramson, Lior ^bd   Lichtenstein, Paul ^as   Krueger, Robert F ^be   McGue, Matt ^be   Pahlen, Shandell ^be   Tynelius, Per ^as   Duncan, Glen E ^bf   Buchwald, Dedra ^bf   Corley, Robin P ^bg   Huibregtse, Brooke M ^bg   Nelson, Tracy L ^bh   Whitfield, Keith E ^bi   Franz, Carol E ^bj   Kremen, William S ^bj,bk   Lyons, Michael J ⁿ   Ooki, Syuichi ^bl   Brandt, Ingunn ^bm   Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius ^bm   Inui, Fujio ^b,bn   Watanabe, Mikio ^b   Bartels, Meike ^bo   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^bo   Wardle, Jane ^bp   Llewellyn, Clare H ^bp   Fisher, Abigail ^bp   Rebato, Esther ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ⁱ   Iwatani, Yoshinori ^b   Hayakawa, Kazuo ^b   Rasmussen, Finn ^as   Sung, Joohon ^ar   Harris, Jennifer R ^bm   Willemsen, Gonneke ^bo   Busjahn, Andreas ^bq   Goldberg, Jack H ^bf   Boomsma, Dorret I ^bo   Hur, Yoon Mi ^br   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^bs,bt,bu   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,bv   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^h IMIB Arrixaca   (Spain)

ⁱ QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^j MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^r KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^s VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^u ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^v ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^x Institute of Research and Development   (Sri Lanka)

^y UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^z KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^aa KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ac NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^ad Healthy Twin Association of Mongolia   (Mongolia)

^ae HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^af UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^aj ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^ak Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^al UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^am MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^an UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ap SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aq VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ar Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^as KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^at JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^au Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^av Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^aw Örebro University   (Sweden)

^ax BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

^ay STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^az QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ba STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bb SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^bc UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^bd HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^be UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^bf UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^bh Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^bi DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bj UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^bk VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^bl ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL NURSING UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^bm NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^bn KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^bo VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^bp UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^bq HealthTwist GmbH   (Germany)

^br Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^bs Capital Region   (Denmark)

^bt The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^bu UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^bv NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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Author keywords

BMI; height; heritability; international comparisons; twins

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TWIN STUDY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84938745655     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2015.29     Document Type: Article

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