{{Short description|UK adult registry of twins}} {{Use British English|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox institute | name = TwinsUK | image = 250px|TwinsUK | image_alt = | caption = | latin_name = | established = {{Start date|1992}} | founder = Tim Spector | chairman = | head_label = | head = | faculty = | staff = 50 | budget = | endowment = | debt = | members = | location = | city = London | state = | province = | country = UK | coor = | address = St Thomas' Hospital Campus <br> 3rd & 4th Floor South Wing Block D, Westminster Bridge Road <br> London SE1 7EH | website = {{URL | http://www.twinsuk.ac.uk }} }} '''TwinsUK''', also known as '''TwinsUK Registry''', is the biggest UK adult registry of twins in the United Kingdom, ages 16 to 98 to study the genetic and environmental aetiology of age related complex traits and diseases.<ref name=Cambridge>{{cite journal | title = The UK Adult Twin Registry (TwinsUK Resource) | first = Alireza | last = Moayyeria |author2=Hammond, Christopher J |author3=Harta, Deborah J |author4=Spector, Timothy D | journal = Twin Research and Human Genetics | volume = 16 | issue = 1 | date = February 2013 | pages = 144–149 | doi=10.1017/thg.2012.89| pmc=3927054 | pmid=23088889}}</ref> Established in 1993, it is based at King's College London with an intent of aiding genetic research. The registry is used to connect researchers to volunteers.<ref>{{cite book|title=Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research: 2013 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pr2neQMNSYQC&pg=PA949|date=1 May 2013|publisher=ScholarlyEditions|isbn=978-1-4901-0606-9|page=949}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Issues in Cardiology: 2011 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RiMQq6VPH5oC&pg=PA524|date=9 January 2012|publisher=ScholarlyEditions|isbn=978-1-4649-6433-6|page=524}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bone Diseases: Advances in Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKmQlP1BjtMC&pg=PA84|date=9 January 2012|publisher=ScholarlyEditions|isbn=978-1-4649-2615-0|page=84}}</ref>
It is the largest registry of twin adults in the UK.<ref>{{cite journal| title = Cohort Profile: TwinsUK and healthy ageing twin study | first = A | last = Moayyeri |author2=Hammond CJ |author3=Valdes AM |author4=Spector TD | journal = International Journal of Epidemiology | date = February 2013 | volume = 42 | issue = 1 | pages = 76–85 | doi = 10.1093/ije/dyr207 | pmid=22253318 | pmc=3600616}}</ref> {{As of|2013}}, it hosted information on more than 13,000 volunteer twins, with approximately 50% having completed a baseline comprehensive assessment and more than 70% having completed a detailed health questionnaire. {{As of|2013}}, the cohort was predominantly female (83%) and middle-aged or older, with about an equal division of monozygotic (identical) and dizygotic (fraternal) twins.<ref name=Cambridge/>
==See also== *Twins Early Development Study
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