An Update of Twin Research in Spain: The Murcia Twin Registry. (10th December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ordoñana, Juan R.; Carrillo, Eduvigis; Colodro-Conde, Lucía; García-Palomo, Francisco J.; González-Javier, Francisca; Madrid-Valero, Juan J.; Martínez Selva, José M.; Monteagudo, Olga; Morosoli, José J.; Pérez-Riquelme, Francisco; Sánchez-Romera, Juan F.
• Editors: Hur, Yoon-Mi; Bogl, Leonie H.; Ordoñana, Juan R.; Taylor, Jeanette; Hart, Sara A.; Tuvblad, Catherine; Ystrom, Eivind; Dalgård, Christine; Skytthe, Axel; Willemsen, Gonneke
• Is Part Of: Twin research and human genetics. Volume 22:Number 6(2019)
• Page Start: 667
• Page End: 671
• Publication Date: 2019-12-10
• Subjects: Biobank, -- disease prevention, -- health promotion, -- Spain, -- twin registry, -- twin studies; Twins -- Periodicals; Multiple birth -- Periodicals; 618.25
• DOI: 10.1017/thg.2019.60
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1832-4274

Abstract

Abstract: The Murcia Twin Registry (MTR) is the only population-based registry in Spain. Created in 2006, the registry has been growing more than a decade to become one of the references for twin research in the Mediterranean region. The MTR database currently comprises 3545 adult participants born between 1940 and 1977. It also holds a recently launched satellite registry of university students ( N = 204). Along five waves of data collection, the registry has gathered questionnaire and anthropometric data, as well as biological samples. The MTR keeps its main research focus on health and health-related behaviors from a public health perspective. This includes lifestyle, health promotion, quality of life or environmental conditions. Future short-term development points to the expansion of the biobank and the continuation of the collection of longitudinal data.