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Cohort R19: WWII Twin Registry
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Title: Cohort R19: WWII Twin Registry
Summary: This cohort consists of 15,924 pairs of twins. Cohort members are white male multiple births occurring in the United States during the period 1917 - 1927 that served in the U.S. armed forces. Extensive clinical and behavioral data are available in addition to the data listed below.
References:
Jablon S, Neel JV, Gershowitz H, Atkinson GF. The NAS-NRC Twin Panel: Methods of Construction of the Panel, Zygosity Diagnosis, and Proposed Use. Am J Hum Genet 1967(Mar.);19:133-161.
Hrubec Z, Neel JV. The NAS-NRC Twin Registry: ten years of operation IN Nance, W.E. (ed.): Twin Research. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Twin Studies, Aug 29 - Sep 1 1977, Washington, D.C., Part B. Biology and Epidemiology, pp. 153-172, Progress in Clinical and Biological Research Volume 24B, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 1978.
Braun MM, Haupt R, Caporaso NE. The National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council Veteran Twin Registry. Acta Genet Med Gemellol 1994;43:89-94.
Page WF, Annotation: The National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Twin Registry. Am J Public Health 1995;85:617-618.
Keywords: twins; monozygotic; dizygotic; heritability; genetics
Cohort Characteristics: 31,848 records
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Data item |
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Military service number: |
100% complete |
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Social security number: |
65% complete |
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VA claim folder number: |
88% complete |
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Full name: |
100% complete |
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Race: |
100% complete |
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White: |
100% |
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Sex: |
100% complete |
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Male: |
100% |
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Date of birth: |
100% complete |
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Mean year of birth: |
1923 |
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Median year of birth: |
1923 |
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Year of birth range: |
1917-1927 |
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Vital status as of 1996 - |
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Crude mortality: |
37% |
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Date of death |
100% complete |
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Underlying cause of death: |
81% complete |
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Date of entry onto active duty: |
100% complete |
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Zygosity: |
66% complete |
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Last Updated: 8/15/2005, 01:31 PM
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