Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging

Overview

Acronym
SATSA
Website
SATSA
Investigators
Prof. Nancy Pedersen
Karolinska Institutet
Contacts
Prof. Nancy Pedersen
Karolinska Institutet

General Design

Study design
Cohort
Start - End Year
1984 -
General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
Recruitment Target
  • Families
Number of Participants
2,019
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
859

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Marker Paper

Pedersen, N. L., McClearn, G. E., Plomin, R., Nesselroade, J. R., Berg, S., & DeFaire, U. (1991). The Swedish Adoption Twin Study of Aging: an update. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma), 40(1), 7-20.

PUBMED 1950353

Supplementary Information

Timeline

Population

SATSA population

Selection Criteria

Minimum age
26
Twins
Countries
  • Sweden
Ethnic Origin
  • Swedish

Sources of Recruitment

General Population
  • Selected sample
Supplementary Information

Sample Size

Number of Participants
2,019
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
859
Supplementary information about number of participants

Data Collection Events

# Name Data sources Data sources - Biosamples Start End
0 SATSA - Q1
  • Questionnaires
1984 (November) 1985 (February)
1 SATSA - IPT1
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
1986 (February) 1988 (December)
2 SATSA - Q2
  • Questionnaires
1987 (November) 1988 (February)
3 SATSA - IPT2
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
1989 (February) 1991 (December)
4 SATSA - Q3
  • Questionnaires
1990 (November) 1991 (February)
5 SATSA - IPT3
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
1992 (February) 1994 (December)
6 SATSA - Q4
  • Questionnaires
1993 (November) 1994 (February)
7 SATSA - IPT4
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
1995 (March) 1995 (May)
8 SATSA - IPT5
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
1999 (February) 2001 (December)
9 SATSA - IPT6
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
2002 (February) 2004 (December)
10 SATSA - Q5
  • Questionnaires
2004 (May) 2005 (February)
11 SATSA - IPT7
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
2005 (February) 2007 (December)
12 SATSA - Q6
  • Questionnaires
2007 (November) 2008 (February)
13 SATSA - IPT8
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
2008 (February) 2010 (December)
14 SATSA - Q7
  • Questionnaires
2010 (November) 2011 (February)
15 SATSA - IPT9
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
2010 (February) 2012 (December)
16 SATSA - Q8
  • Questionnaires
2012 (November) 2013 (February)
17 SATSA - IPT10
  • Questionnaires
  • Cognitive measures
  • Physical measures
  • Biosamples
  • Blood
  • Urine
2012 (February) 2014 (December)
18 SATSA - Q9
  • Questionnaires
2014 (November) 2015 (February)

Participating Studies

Acronym Name Study design Countries

Harmonization Initiatives Included

Acronym Name

Datasets

Name Data Collection Events Variables

Areas of Information Collected

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Death
Lifestyle and behaviours
Physical measures and assessments
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Laboratory measures
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Diseases
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Symptoms and signs
Preschool, school and work life
Medication and supplements
Social environment and relationships
Non-pharmacological interventions
Physical environment
Health and community care services utilization
Administrative information

Variables Content Summary

Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected

Networks

Acronym Name Harmonization Initiatives Individual Studies
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