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. 2017 Jan 28;19(4):401–409. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw294

Table 1.

Years of Assessments, Ages of Participants, Number of Data Collection Waves, Number of Unique Individuals and Geographical Location of Participating Studies

Years Ages Wave N# Location Abbreviationa
Add health 1994– 12–18, 13–19, 18–26, 24–32 1–4 1556 United States US
LTS 1992– 12–13, 17–19 2 3166 United States: Colorado CO
CTS 13–18 1
MFTS 1990– 11–12, 14–15, 17–18, 20–21 1–6 4137 United States: Minnesota MN
MASATS 1995–1997 11–18 1 2211 United States: VA, NC NC
VTSABD-YAFU-TSA 1986–2007 8–16, 18–30, 22–32 1–6 2832 United States: VA VA
CVT 1983–1993 9–17 1–5 1180 United States: VA VA2
EFPTS: LLTS 1986–1999 10–16, 18 1–8 210 Belgium: EFPTS BE
FTC: FinnTwin16 1991–1997 16, 17,18 1–3 14 279 Finland FI
FTC: FinnTwin12 1997–2004 14, 17 2, 3
FTC: Old cohort 1975 18–19 1
NTR 1991– 13–22 1–8 13 425 the Netherlands NL
STR: TCHAD 1993– 8–9, 13–14, 16–17, 19–20 1–4 2942 Sweden: STR SW
ATR: AYATS 1988–1996 13–18 1–3 2888 Australia: ATR AU

Add Health = National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; ATR: AYATS = Australian Twin Registry: Australian Young Adult Twin Study; CTS = Colorado Twin Registry Community Twin Sample; CVT = Medical College of Virginia CardioVascular Twin Study; EFPTS: LLTS = East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey: Leuven Longitudinal Twin Study; FTC = Finnish Twin Cohort; NTR = Netherlands Twin Registry; LTS = Colorado Longitudinal Twin Sample; MATR: MASATS = Mid-Atlantic Twin Registry: Mid-Atlantic School Age Twin Study; MFTS = Minnesota Family and Twin Studies; STR: TCHAD = Swedish Twin Registry: Twin Study of Child and Adolescent Development; VTSABD-YAFU-TSA = Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development-Young Adult Follow-up-Transitions to Substance Use.

aTwo-letter abbreviations to be used in tables and graphs.