Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly
Initiatives
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To assess gender differences in various measures of health conditions, symptoms, and self-rated health among older persons by comparing brothers and sisters in a sample of unlike-sex twins.
*Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study*
- Start Year
- 1995
- End Year
- 2007
- Supplementary Information
- https://www.neurodegenerationresearch.eu/cohort/ageing-in-women-and-men-a-longitudinal-study-of-gender-differences-in-health-behaviour-and-health-among-elderly/%20(National%20E-lnfrastructure%20for%20Aging%20Research)
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Gold CH, Malmberg B, McClearn GE, Pedersen NL, Berg S. Gender and health: a study of older unlike-sex twins. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2002;57(3):S168-S176. doi:10.1093/geronb/57.3.s168
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 605
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Unlike-sex twins born between 1906 and 1925 were identified through the Swedish Twin Registry. 605 twin pairs
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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