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The Vietnam Era Twin Registry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Jack Goldberg ,
Birute Curran ,
Mary Ellen Vitek ,
William G. Henderson  and
Edward J. Boyko
Jack Goldberg
Affiliation:
VET Registry, Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center,Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle,WA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Birute Curran*
Affiliation:
VET Registry, Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center,Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle,WA, USAbirute.curran@med.va.gov
Mary Ellen Vitek
Affiliation:
Hines VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines, IL, USA
William G. Henderson
Affiliation:
Hines VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines, IL, USA
Edward J. Boyko
Affiliation:
VET Registry, Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center,Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle,WA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle,WA, USA
*
*Address for correspondence: Birute Curran, VET Registry Coordinator, Seattle ERIC/VET Registry (MS 152E), VAPSHCS, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108-1597, USA.

Abstract

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The Vietnam Era Twin (VET) Registry is composed of 7369 middle-aged male-male twin pairs both of whom served in the military during the time of the Vietnam conflict (1965–1975). The Registry is a United States Department of Veterans Affairs resource that was originally constructed from military records; the Registry has been in existence for more than 15 years. It is one of the largest national twin registries in the US and currently has subjects living in all 50 states. Initially formed to address questions about the long-term health effects of service in Vietnam the Registry has evolved into a resource for genetic epidemiologic studies of mental and physical health conditions. The management and administration of the VET Registry is described with particular attention given to the processes involved with database maintenance and study coordination. Several waves of mail and telephone surveys have collected a wealth of health-related information on Registry twins. More recent data collection efforts have focused on specific sets of twin pairs and conducted detailed clinical or laboratory testing. New Registry initiatives for the future include the construction of a web site and the development of a DNA repository.

Type
Articles/United States of America
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , 01 October 2002 , pp. 476 - 481
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002