Ordoñana, Juan R.;
Rebollo-Mesa, Irene;
Carrillo, Eduvigis;
Colodro-Conde, Lucía;
García-Palomo, Francisco J.;
González-Javier, Francisca;
Sánchez-Romera, Juan F.;
Aznar Oviedo, José M.;
de Pancorbo, Marian M.;
Pérez-Riquelme, Francisco
The Murcia Twin Registry: A Population-Based Registry of Adult Multiples in Spain
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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The Murcia Twin Registry: A Population-Based Registry of Adult Multiples in Spain
Contributor:
Ordoñana, Juan R.;
Rebollo-Mesa, Irene;
Carrillo, Eduvigis;
Colodro-Conde, Lucía;
García-Palomo, Francisco J.;
González-Javier, Francisca;
Sánchez-Romera, Juan F.;
Aznar Oviedo, José M.;
de Pancorbo, Marian M.;
Pérez-Riquelme, Francisco
Published:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2013
Published in:
Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16 (2013) 1, Seite 302-306
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/thg.2012.66
ISSN:
1839-2628;
1832-4274
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
The Murcia Twin Registry (MTR) was created in 2006, under the auspices of the University of Murcia and the regional Health Authority, aiming to develop a research resource in Spain intended to stimulate current research and new investigation on the analysis of genetic factors related to health and health-related behaviors. The MTR development strategy was designed as a step-by-step process. Initially, it was focused on women's health but nowadays it includes males and opposite-sex twins. The database comprises 2,281 participants born between 1940 and 1966 in the region of Murcia, in Spain. There have been three waves of data collection and today the MTR databases include questionnaire and anthropometric data as well as biological samples. The current main areas of research interest are health and health-related behaviors, including lifestyle, health promotion, and quality of life. Future short-term development points to the completion of the biobank and continuing the collection of longitudinal data.