Table 1.
Number of height and weight measures in the twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project.
| Cohort name | Main reference | Region | Number of height and weight measures | Number of longitudinal surveys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | ||||
| Guinea-Bissau Twin Study | (Bjerregaard-Andersen et al. 2013) | Guinea-Bissau | 1,042 | 7 |
| Australia | ||||
| Australian Twin Registry | (Hopper et al. 2013) | Australia | 2,536 | 1 |
| Peri/Postnatal Epigenetic Twins Study (PETS) | (Loke et al. 2013) | Australia, Melbourne | 571 | 2 |
| Queensland Twin Register | (Liu et al. 2010) | Australia, Queensland province | 55,479 | > 10 |
| East-Asia | ||||
| Guangzhou Twin Eye Study | (Zheng et al. 2013) | China, Guangzhou province | 1,122 | 1 |
| Japanese Twin Cohort | (Ooki 2013) | Japan | 34,405 | >10 |
| Korean Twin-Family Register | (Gombojav et al. 2013b) | South Korea | 2,702 | 4 |
| Mongolian Twin Registry | (Gombojav et al. 2013a) | Mongolia | 166 | 1 |
| Osaka University Aged Twin Registry | (Hayakawa et al. 2013) | Japan | 1,289 | 4 |
| South Korea Twin Registry | (Hur et al. 2013) | South Korea | 2,278 | 1 |
| Qingdao Twin Registry (adults) | (Duan et al. 2013) | China, Shandong province | 986 | 1 |
| Qingdao Twin Registry (children) | (Duan et al. 2013) | China, Shandong province | 1,175 | 1 |
| West Japan Twins and Higher Order Multiple Births Registry | (Yokoyama 2013) | Japan | 7,617 | >10 |
| Europe | ||||
| Adult Netherlands Twin Registry | (Willemsen et al. 2013) | Netherlands | 37,638 | >10 |
| Berlin Twin Register | (Busjahn 2013) | German, Berlin city | 722 | 5 |
| Bielefeld Longitudinal Study of Adult Twins | (Kandler et al. 2013) | German | 2,366 | 1 |
| Danish Twin Cohort | (Skytthe et al. 2013) | Denmark | 34,665 | 1 |
| East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey | (Derom et al. 2013) | Belgium, East Flanders Province | 803 | 1 |
| Finnish Older Twin Cohort | (Kaprio 2013) | Finland | 68,683 | 4 |
| FinnTwin12 | (Kaprio 2013) | Finland | 16,211 | 4 |
| FinnTwin16 | (Kaprio 2013) | Finland | 24,438 | 5 |
| Gemini Study | (van Jaarsveld 2010) | UK | 19,639 | >10 |
| Genesis 12-19 Study | (McAdams et al. 2013) | UK | 2,131 | 3 |
| Hungarian Twin Registry | (Littvay et al. 2013) | Hungary | 825 | 1 |
| Italian Twin Registry | (Brescianini et al. 2013) | Italy | 18,834 | 5 |
| Murcia Twin Registry | (Ordoñana et al. 2013) | Spain, Region of Murcia | 4,392 | 3 |
| Norwegian Twin Registry | (Nilsen et al. 2013) | Norway | 20,188 | 2 |
| Portugal Twin Cohort | (Maia et al. 2013) | Portugal, North of mainland, Azores, and Madeira Islands | 1,789 | 1 |
| Swedish Twin Cohorts | (Magnusson et al. 2013) | Sweden | 110,117 | 3 |
| Swedish Young Male Twins Study (adults) | (Rasmussen et al. 2006) | Sweden | 5,702 | 3 |
| Swedish Young Male Twins Study (children) | (Rasmussen et al. 2006) | Sweden | 10,440 | > 10 |
| TCHAD-study | (Lichtenstein et al. 2007) | Sweden | 7,521 | 4 |
| Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) | (Haworth et al. 2013) | UK | 59,108 | 7 |
| TwinsUK | (Moayyeri et al. 2013) | UK | 31,321 | 7 |
| Young Netherlands Twin Registry | (van Beijsterveldt et al. 2013) | Netherlands | 119,649 | 10 |
| South-Asia and Middle-East | ||||
| Longitudinal Israeli Study of Twins | (Avinun and Knafo 2013) | Israel | 1,228 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka Twin Registry | (Sumathipala et al. 2013) | Sri Lanka | 2,485 | 1 |
| Turkish Twin Study | (Öncel and Aliev 2013) | Turkey | 584 | 1 |
| North-America | ||||
| Boston University Twin Project | (Saudino and Asherson 2013) | USA, Massachusetts | 1,228 | 2 |
| California Twin Program | (Cozen et al. 2013) | USA, California | 27,237 | 1 |
| Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging | (Whitfield 2013) | USA, North Carolina | 532 | 1 |
| Colorado Twin Registry | (Rhea et al. 2013) | USA, Colorado | 8,671 | 5 |
| Michigan State University Twin Registry | (Burt and Klump 2013) | USA, Michigan | 22,172 | 2 |
| Mid Atlantic Twin Registry | (Lilley and Silberg 2013) | USA, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina | 11,801 | 1 |
| Minnesota Twin Family Study | (Iacono and McGue 2002) | USA, Minnesota | 3,269 | 3 |
| Minnesota Twin Registry | (Krueger and Johnson 2002) | USA, Minnesota | 10,122 | 1 |
| NAS-NRC Twin Registry | (Gatz et al. 2014) | USA, WWII veterans | 54,904 | 4 |
| Quebec Newborn Twin Study | (Boivin et al. 2013) | Canada, Greater Montreal area | 5,991 | 9 |
| SRI-international | (Krasnow et al. 2013) | USA, California | 1,092 | 1 |
| Texas Twin Project | (Harden et al. 2013) | USA, Texas | 565 | 1 |
| University of British Columbia Twin Project | (Jang 2013) | Canada, Greater Vancouver area | 1,450 | 1 |
| University of Southern California Twin Study | (Baker et al. 2013) | USA, Greater Los Angeles area | 3,622 | 5 |
| University of Washington Twin Registry | (Strachan et al. 2013) | USA, Washington State | 27,452 | 3 |
| Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging | (Kremen et al. 2013) | USA, Vietnam era veterans | 2,245 | 2 |