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Created 01-Jul-2020
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The health measures were collected using different instruments at the various sites. Only height and weight data available from Scandinavia. Query whether other information is available
There are four main components:
In addition, some information about problems apparent during testing were collated from tester reports, with the idea that they might be useful for explaining within-family (particularly MZ) differences Here is a copy of meeting notes in Australia in 2007 where the idea was discussed: Discordancies
These data were entered for F3 in CO as post2healthcodes2-08.xlsx, and included categories for Allergies, Emotional or Behavioral, Medical or Physical, Family issues, Prenatal or Birth Conditions, and School Issues. One family code and one school code could be entered per child. However, many of these codes are common to both twins. The specific codes for each category are listed in this Word document: Health codes.
Although equivalent coded data has not been located for Australia, the tester ratings entered by Rosemary include tester notes which serve a similar purpose. I believe we can compile notes into a text-based summary file of issues that may suggest reasons twins are discrepant.
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