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 Population

Data Collection Events

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

Participating Studies

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Harmonization Initiatives Included

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Networks

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Datasets

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