Publications in collaboration with researchers from VU University Amsterdam (22)

2024

  1. Enhanced resolution profiling in twins reveals differential methylation signatures of type 2 diabetes with links to its complications

    eBioMedicine, Vol. 103

2022

  1. Establishing a resource for genetic, epidemiological, and biomarker studies: The important role of twin registers

    Twin Research for Everyone: From Biology to Health, Epigenetics, and Psychology (Elsevier), pp. 163-188

  2. Smoking remains associated with education after controlling for social background and genetic factors in a study of 18 twin cohorts

    Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, Núm. 1

  3. Twin family registries worldwide

    Twin Research for Everyone: From Biology to Health, Epigenetics, and Psychology (Elsevier), pp. 23-50

2021

  1. Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts

    Hormones and Behavior, Vol. 136

2020

  1. Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts

    Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, Núm. 1

2019

  1. The CODATwins Project: The Current Status and Recent Findings of COllaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins

    Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol. 22, Núm. 6, pp. 800-808

  2. Twin Family Registries Worldwide: An Important Resource for Scientific Research

    Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol. 22, Núm. 6, pp. 427-437

2018

  1. Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 13, Núm. 7

2017

  1. Association between birthweight and later body mass index: An individual-based pooled analysis of 27 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project

    International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 46, Núm. 5, pp. 1488-1498

  2. Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: An individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 106, Núm. 2, pp. 457-466

  3. Does the sex of one’s co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts

    Biology of Sex Differences, Vol. 8, Núm. 1

  4. Education in Twins and Their Parents Across Birth Cohorts over 100 years: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 42-Twin Cohorts

    Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol. 20, Núm. 5, pp. 395-405

2016

  1. Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994

    eLife, Vol. 5, Núm. DECEMBER2016, pp. 14

  2. Twin's Birth-Order Differences in Height and Body Mass Index from Birth to Old Age: A Pooled Study of 26 Twin Cohorts Participating in the CODATwins Project

    Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol. 19, Núm. 2, pp. 112-124

2015

  1. The CODATwins Project: The Cohort Description of Collaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins to Study Macro-Environmental Variation in Genetic and Environmental Effects on Anthropometric Traits

    Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol. 18, Núm. 4, pp. 348-360

  2. The Concordance and Heritability of Type 2 Diabetes in 34,166 Twin Pairs From International Twin Registers: The Discordant Twin (DISCOTWIN) Consortium

    Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol. 18, Núm. 6, pp. 762-771

  3. Zygosity differences in height and body mass index of twins from infancy to old age: A study of the CODATwins project

    Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol. 18, Núm. 5, pp. 557-570

2014

  1. Biological pathways, candidate genes, and molecular markers associated with quality-of-life domains: An update

    Quality of Life Research, Vol. 23, Núm. 7, pp. 1997-2013

2013

  1. Biological pathways and genetic mechanisms involved in social functioning

    Quality of Life Research, Vol. 22, Núm. 6, pp. 1189-1200