TY - JOUR
T1 - FinnTwin16
T2 - A Longitudinal Study from Age 16 of a Population-Based Finnish Twin Cohort
AU - Kaidesoja, Milla Martiina
AU - Aaltonen, Sari
AU - Bogl, Leonie-Helen
AU - Heikkilä, Kauko
AU - Kaartinen, Sara Maria
AU - Kujala, Urho
AU - Kärkkäinen, Ulla
AU - Masip-Manuel, Guiomar
AU - Mustelin, Linda
AU - Palviainen, Teemu
AU - Pietiläinen, Kirsi
AU - Rottensteiner, Mirva
AU - Sipilä, Pyry N.
AU - Rose, Richard J.
AU - Keski-Rahkonen, Anna
AU - Kaprio, Jaakko
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - The purpose of this review is to provide a detailed and updated description of the FinnTwin16 (FT16) study and its future directions. The Finnish Twin Cohort comprises three different cohorts: the Older Twin Cohort established in the 1970s and the FinnTwin12 and FT16 initiated in the 1990s. FT16 was initiated in 1991 to identify the genetic and environmental precursors of alcoholism, but later the scope of the project expanded to studying the determinants of various health-related behaviors and diseases in different stages of life. The main areas addressed are alcohol use and its consequences, smoking, physical activity, overall physical health, eating behaviors and eating disorders, weight development, obesity, life satisfaction and personality. To date, five waves of data collection have been completed and the sixth is now planned. Data from the FT16 cohort have contributed to several hundred studies and many substudies, with more detailed phenotyping and collection of omics data completed or underway. FT16 has also contributed to many national and international collaborations.
AB - The purpose of this review is to provide a detailed and updated description of the FinnTwin16 (FT16) study and its future directions. The Finnish Twin Cohort comprises three different cohorts: the Older Twin Cohort established in the 1970s and the FinnTwin12 and FT16 initiated in the 1990s. FT16 was initiated in 1991 to identify the genetic and environmental precursors of alcoholism, but later the scope of the project expanded to studying the determinants of various health-related behaviors and diseases in different stages of life. The main areas addressed are alcohol use and its consequences, smoking, physical activity, overall physical health, eating behaviors and eating disorders, weight development, obesity, life satisfaction and personality. To date, five waves of data collection have been completed and the sixth is now planned. Data from the FT16 cohort have contributed to several hundred studies and many substudies, with more detailed phenotyping and collection of omics data completed or underway. FT16 has also contributed to many national and international collaborations.
KW - 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health
KW - 3141 Health care science
U2 - 10.1017/thg.2019.106
DO - 10.1017/thg.2019.106
M3 - Review Article
SN - 1832-4274
VL - 22
SP - 530
EP - 539
JO - Twin Research and Human Genetics
JF - Twin Research and Human Genetics
IS - 6
ER -