• measure Buccal swab

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Biological sample/measurement
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YC_ACTION BB1_1 YC_ACTION BB1_2 YC_ACTION BB2 YC_ACTION - BB3 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_BS3 YC_DSC YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF1 YE_ATTEF2 YE_ATTEF3 YC_ADHMRI YE_COG18
     
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    Buccal swabs are collections of buccal cell scrapings obtained by rubbing buds along the inside of the mouth.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Heart beat perception

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YE_ATTEF3
     
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    In Heart beat perception, participants were asked to judge their own heart rate by introspective visceral awareness, i.e. without palpitating the arterial pulse signal at wrist or neck. They judged their mean heart rate per minute over three short periods (25, 35 and 45 seconds).
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Mental Rotations Test (MRT)

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YE_ATTEF3
     
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    In the Mental Rotations Test (MRT), participants are asked to compare two-dimensional drawings and three- dimensional geometric figures in order to assess spatial processing.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure VU University Ambulatory Monitoring System (VU-AMS)

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Biological sample/measurement
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF3 YE_COG18
     
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    The VU University Ambulatory Monitoring System (VU-AMS) enables non-invasive ambulatory measurement of the autonomic nervous system for research purposes and can be used to measure: Heart Rate/Inter beat Interval (IBI), Heart Rate Variability (SDNN, RMSSD, IBI power spectrum: HF, LF), Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA), Pre-Ejection Period (PEP), Left...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Raven's Progressive Matrices Test (RPM)

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
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    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YE_ATTEF3
     
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    Raven's Progressive Matrices (often referred to simply as Raven's Matrices or RPM) is a non-verbal test used to measure general intelligence and abstract reasoning. It is one of the most common tests administered to both groups and individuals ranging from 5-years-olds to the elderly. It consists of 60 multiple choice questions, listed in order of...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Zygosity (DNA)

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Biological sample/measurement
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_3 YS_5 YS_7 YS_10 YS_12 YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YC_ACTION BB1_1 YC_ACTION BB1_2 YC_ACTION BB2 YC_ACTION - BB3 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_BS3 YC_DSC YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF1 YE_ATTEF2 YE_ATTEF3 YC_ADHMRI YE_COG18 YS_TRIP age 1-2 YS_TRIP age 3 YS_TRIP age 4 YS_TRIP age 5 YS_TRIP age 7 YS_TRIP age 10 YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    Zygosity typing based on micro-satellite markers, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), or variable number (short) tandem repeats (VNTRs).
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Heart rate

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Biological sample/measurement
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YC_BS3 YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF3 YE_COG18
     
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    Heart rate is the number of times a heart beats per minute and normally ranges between 60 and 100 times for adults. Heart rate variability is the time fluctuation between heart beats.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Reading Span Task (RST)

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YE_ATTEF3
     
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    The reading span task (RST) assesses memory span. The original RST required participants to read series of unconnected sentences aloud and to remember the final word of each sentence of a series (grouped according to the total number of sentences). With each sentence presented on a card, participants were cued to recall the memorized end-of-sentence words...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Blood pressure

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Biological sample/measurement
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YC_BS3 YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF3 YE_COG18
     
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    Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries as the heart pumps blood around the body. Systolic pressure is the pressure when the heart contracts and pushes blood out and diastolic pressure is the pressure when the heart relaxes and fills with blood. In adults, the systolic pressure normally ranges between 80 and 120 and the...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure CITO score

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_12 YS_TRF12 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YE_ATTEF2 YS_CITO YS_DT YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    The CITO-test is a standardized test for educational achievement that is administered in the final grade (when children are 11 or 12 years old) of elementary school. The CITO-test consists of multiple choice items in 4 different educational skills, namely Arithmetic, Language, Study Skills, and Science and Social Studies. All scores on the scales are...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Waist and hip circumference

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Anthropometrics/Body measures
    Available measurements:
    Population cohort  POP - T3 POP - T4 POP - T5

    Clinical cohort  CC - T3 CC - T4 CC - T5
     
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    Waist and hip circumference were assessed using a tape measure.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Verbal Fluency Test

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Available measurements:
    Population cohort  POP - T4
     
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    The Verbal Fluency Test assesses how many words that belong to the same predetermined category participants can produce in a given time (usually 60 seconds). This category can be semantic, specified objects such as animals or fruits, or phonological, words beginning with a specified letter such as p.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
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    Population cohort  POP - T4
     
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    The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an IQ test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive ability in adults and older adolescents. Most versions contain sub tests that represent the following components of intelligence: Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI), Perceptual Reasoning Index (PRI), Working Memory Index (WMI), Processing Speed Index...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Self-Ordered Pointing Task (SOPT)

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
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    Population cohort  POP - T4
     
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    The Self-Ordered Pointing Task (SOPT) is a validated assessment of working memory. In the task, participants are presented with a set of pictures and instructed to select a different picture until all of the pictures have been selected once. Every time that participants select a picture, the order of all pictures is completely changed and the participants...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
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    Population cohort  POP - T4
     
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    The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test is a validated assessment of spatial visualization and visuospatial memory. In the task, participants are instructed to copy a complex geometric figure both directly and from memory after a twenty minute delay.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Rey’s Verbal Learning Test

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
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    Population cohort  POP - T4
     
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    The Rey’s Auditory Verbal Learning Task (AVLT) measures short- and long-term verbal memory. In the task, a list of 15 unrelated, concrete nouns is presented via audio with a 1 second interval over five learning trials. After each presentation, participants have to name as many of the presented words as possible. Next, after a delay interval of 20-30...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Skinfold thickness

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Biological sample/measurement
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    Population cohort  POP - T1 POP - T3 POP - T4

    Clinical cohort  CC - T1 CC - T3 CC - T4
     
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    Skinfold thickness is an assessment of body fat which can noninvasively and reliably be measured at various sites of the body using a skinfold caliper. Based on measurements at multiple sites of the body, the total body fat and contribution of fat to the body mass can be estimated.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Amsterdam Neuropsychological Tasks (ANT)

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Available measurements:
    Population cohort  POP - T1 POP - T4

    Clinical cohort  CC - T1 CC - T4
     
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    The Amsterdam Neuropsychological Tasks (ANT) are computerized executive functioning tasks. The ANTs measure a diverse range of executive functions, including attention, working memory, and inhibition.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Approach Avoidance Test (AAT)

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
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    Population cohort  POP - T4
     
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    The Approach Avoidance Test (AAT) is a validated assessment of implicit action tendencies towards emotional facial expressions. During the task, participants have to push (approach) or pull (avoid) a joystick when presented with emotional facial expressions. The stimuli consist of male and female faces, and neutral, happy, angry, and disgusted facial...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Length and weight

    Study:TRAILS
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Anthropometrics/Body measures
    Available measurements:
    Population cohort  POP - T1 POP - T2 POP - T3 POP - T4 POP - T5 POP - T6 POP - T7

    Clinical cohort  CC - T1 CC - T2 CC - T3 CC - T4 CC - T5 CC - T6 CC - T7
     
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    Length and weight assessment using a stadiometer and personal scale. Length and weight of partners were not measured, but self-reported.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024
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