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Current Status of the Chinese National Twin Registry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Liming Li ,
Wenjing Gao ,
Jun Lv ,
Weihua Cao ,
Siyan Zhan ,
Huiying Yang  and
Yonghua Hu
Liming Li*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China. [email protected]
Wenjing Gao
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Jun Lv
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Weihua Cao
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Siyan Zhan
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Huiying Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Yonghua Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
*
*Address for correspondence: Liming Li, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.

Abstract

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The Chinese National Twin Registry is the first and largest population-based twin registry in China. It was established in 2001. The primary goal of this program is the establishment of a population-based twin registry of 45,000 twin pairs from several regions representing north, south, urban, and rural areas in China. A secondary goal is to study genetic contributions to complex diseases, and to test associations of candidate genes with related phenotypes. Seven thousand, four hundred and twenty-three twin pairs have been enrolled in the registry, in which 1613 pairs have undergone detailed questionnaire assessments and physical examination. Based on the baseline registry, a twin cohort was established. Continued research includes studies on intermediate phenotypes of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and psychological studies in adult twins, studies on growth and development in adolescent twins, and so forth. The current state and future plans for the Chinese National Twin Registry will be discussed in this article.

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Articles/China
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 9 , Issue 6 , 01 December 2006 , pp. 747 - 752
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006