{"id":983,"date":"2000-08-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-08-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sltr.local\/?p=983"},"modified":"2023-09-17T16:55:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T16:55:26","slug":"establishing-a-twin-register-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/publication\/establishing-a-twin-register-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishing a twin register in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"publication-container\" class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-dc8335a9 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8024b029\">\n<p>A. Sumathipala, D.J.S. Fernando, S.H. Siribaddana, M.R.N. Abeysingha, R.W. Jayasekare, V.H.W. Dissanayake &amp; N. De Silva<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"publish-date wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2000-08-01T12:00:00+00:00\">August  2000<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/category\/publication\/papers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Papers<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/category\/publication\/\" rel=\"tag\">Publication<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Twin Research, Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages 202 \u2013 204<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1375\/twin.3.4.202\">doi:10.1375\/twin.3.4.202<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-33811260\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly all twin registers are based in developed countries and there is no twin register in the developing world. Our objectives were to initiate the process of establishing a nationwide twin register in Sri Lanka by starting a volunteer register first and working towards a population-based register. Regular newspaper advertisements, feature articles, radio talks, and television programmes were used to publicise a competition for twins, their parents\/relatives and friends requesting them to participate by sending in details of twins. The competition ran from 28 March 1997 for a period of 3 months. It offered prizes for three winners selected by drawing lots. Advertisements highlighted the objective of the competition as establishing a twin register for future research and emphasised that informed consent would be obtained for individual research projects. Those who registered comprise 4602 twin pairs (same sex: male \u2013 1564, female \u2013 1885; different sex \u2013 1153), 80 sets of triplets (same sex: male \u2013 17, female \u2013 31; different sex \u2013 42) and two sets of quadruplets (different sex). The oldest twins, triplets, quadruplets are 85, 46, and 5 years old, respectively; 88.0% of twins are less than 30 years old. Although others have previously used media publicity to enrol twins in twin registers, we believe this to be the first time that twins have been enrolled through competition. We have more young twins, and our gender and zygosity proportions after applying Weinburg\u2019s rule do not match the proportions expected from a volunteer twin sample. Establishing a twin register for research purposes has proved possible in a developing country. Twin Research (2000) 3, 202\u2013204.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8b71c1c5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a3ea0cab\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-5e518491\">\n<p>Website:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-87ee0c4a\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/twin-research-and-human-genetics\/article\/establishing-a-twin-register-in-sri-lanka\/5017A3C4C244955DBB3402620D567608\">Establishing a twin register in Sri Lanka | Twin Research and Human Genetics | Cambridge Core<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-0fcdaf73\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-aa1e510a\">\n<p>PDF:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8d389701\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Establishing-a-twin-register-in-Sri-Lanka.pdf\">https:\/\/www.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Establishing-a-twin-register-in-Sri-Lanka.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly all twin registers are based in developed countries and there is no twin register in the developing world. Our objectives were to initiate the process of establishing a nationwide twin register in Sri Lanka by starting a volunteer register first and working towards a population-based register. Regular newspaper advertisements, feature articles, radio talks, and television programmes were used to publicise a competition for twins, their parents\/relatives and friends requesting them to participate by sending in details of twins. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-papers","category-publication"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"ta","enabled_languages":["en","si","ta"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"si":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ta":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Nearly all twin registers are based in developed countries and there is no twin register in the developing world. Our objectives were to initiate the process of establishing a nationwide twin register in Sri Lanka by starting a volunteer register first and working towards a population-based register. 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