Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging
The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study on Aging (SATSA) was designed to study the origins of individual differences in aging and the environmental and genetic factors that are involved.
Overview
- Acronym
- SATSA
- Website
- SATSA
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 1984 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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SATSA was started with a survey in 1984, and eight additional waves were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2014. The questionnaire was initially sent to all twins from the Swedish Twin Registry who were separated at an early age and raised apart. There was also a control sample of twins who were raised together.
From 1986 to 2014, there were ten waves of an in-person testing (IPT) component for pairs who were over 50 years of age and had both responded to the initial questionnaire.
- Recruitment Target
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- Families
- Number of Participants
- 2,019
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 859
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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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 1950353Supplementary Information
Also see (attached):
Finkel, D., & Pedersen, N. L. (2004). Processing Speed and Longitudinal Trajectories of Change for Cognitive Abilities: The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 11(2-3), 325-345. doi: 10.1080/13825580490511152
Timeline
Population
The SATSA population consists of a base sample of a selected subset of twins reared apart (TRA) from the Swedish Twin Registry (STR), and a control sample of twins reared together (TRT) also from the STR matched on gender, age, and county of birth.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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26
- Twins
- Countries
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- Sweden
- Ethnic Origin
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- Swedish
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Twins reared apart, and a control sample of twins reared together were matched on gender, age and county of birth.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 2,019
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 859
- Supplementary Information about Population
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Q1: 2018 participants
Q2: 1637 participants
Q3: 1496 participants
Q4: 1450 participants
Q5: 794 participants
Q6: 648 participants
Q7: 568 participants
Q8: 463 participants
Q9: 414 participants
IPT1: 645 participants
IPT2: 595 participants
IPT3: 569 participants
IPT4: 40 participants
IPT5: 541 participants
IPT6: 448 participants
IPT7: 379 participants
IPT8: 331 participants
IPT9: 300 participants
IPT10: 269 participants
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Description | Start | End |
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| 0 | SATSA - Q1 | The mail-out questionnaires assessed physical and mental health status; selected ... |
1984 (November) | 1985 (February) |
| 1 | SATSA - IPT1 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and had both responded to the initial ... |
1986 (February) | 1988 (December) |
| 2 | SATSA - Q2 | The mail-out questionnaires assessed physical and mental health status; selected ... |
1987 (November) | 1988 (February) |
| 3 | SATSA - IPT2 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and both responded to the initial ... |
1989 (February) | 1991 (December) |
| 4 | SATSA - Q3 | The mail-out questionnaires assessed physical and mental health status; selected ... |
1990 (November) | 1991 (February) |
| 5 | SATSA - IPT3 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and both responded to the initial ... |
1992 (February) | 1994 (December) |
| 6 | SATSA - Q4 | The mail-out questionnaires assessed physical and mental health status; selected ... |
1993 (November) | 1994 (February) |
| 7 | SATSA - IPT4 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and had both responded to the initial ... |
1995 (March) | 1995 (May) |
| 8 | SATSA - IPT5 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and had both responded to the initial ... |
1999 (February) | 2001 (December) |
| 9 | SATSA - IPT6 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and had both responded to the initial ... |
2002 (February) | 2004 (December) |
| 10 | SATSA - Q5 | The mail-out questionnaires assessed physical and mental health status; selected ... |
2004 (May) | 2005 (February) |
| 11 | SATSA - IPT7 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and where both responded to the initial ... |
2005 (February) | 2007 (December) |
| 12 | SATSA - Q6 | The mail-out questionnaires assessed physical and mental health status; selected ... |
2007 (November) | 2008 (February) |
| 13 | SATSA - IPT8 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and where both responded to the initial ... |
2008 (February) | 2010 (December) |
| 14 | SATSA - Q7 | The mail-out questionnaires assessed physical and mental health status; selected ... |
2010 (November) | 2011 (February) |
| 15 | SATSA - IPT9 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and where both responded to the initial ... |
2010 (February) | 2012 (December) |
| 16 | SATSA - Q8 | The mail-out questionnaires assessed physical and mental health status; selected ... |
2012 (November) | 2013 (February) |
| 17 | SATSA - IPT10 | Twin pairs who were over 50 years of age and where both responded to the initial ... |
2012 (February) | 2014 (December) |
| 18 | SATSA - Q9 | The mail-out questionnaires assessed physical and mental health status; selected ... |
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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