biostudies-literatureSilventoinen KNICHD NIH HHSCancer Research UKNIDA NIH HHSNIA NIH HHSNIEHS NIH HHSNIMH NIH HHSNHLBI NIH HHSNIAAA NIH HHSNNF Center for Basic Metabolic ResearchEuropean Research CouncilMedical Research CouncilDutch Research Council (NWO)Wellcome TrustBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council348-60https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4696543biostudies-literatureUnknown18(4)For over 100 years, the genetics of human anthropometric traits has attracted scientific interest. In particular, height and body mass index (BMI, calculated as kg/m2) have been under intensive genetic research. However, it is still largely unknown whether and how heritability estimates vary between human populations. Opportunities to address this question have increased recently because of the establishment of many new twin cohorts and the increasing accumulation of data in established twin cohorts. We started a new research project to analyze systematically (1) the variation of heritability estimates of height, BMI and their trajectories over the life course between birth cohorts, ethnicities and countries, and (2) to study the effects of birth-related factors, education and smoking on tTwin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin StudiesThe 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.PMC4696543G120/63531/d1908614133K05 AA000145R01 AA0092031R01-AG13662-01A2G0901245P60 DA011015P01 AG008761Hansen GroupP01 AG08761R01-MH092377-02R01-HD066040RC2 HL103416R01 MH058354R01 AG018384R01 AG018386G19/2R01 AG013662R01 MH062375DA011015T32 DA017637R01 HD0660401R01ES015150-01g120/635R01-MH081813R21 AG039572HD10333R37 AA012502R01 HD068435MC_UU_12013/1904-61-0905T32DA017637-10230374R03-MH63851-01R01 HD010333R01 MH58354R01-MH0820-54R03 MH063851R01 AG022381R01 AA012502R01 MH081813R01 AG050595R01 MH092377R21-MH070542-01g81/343R01 AG022982985-10-002R21 MH070542R01 ES015150AA-12502c1418/a7974Corley RPWardle JZhang DKaprio JHwang AEMartin NGDubois LPlomin ROoki SD'Ippolito CRebato EBuchwald DWhitfield KESaudino KJWatanabe MHarris JRKrasnow RFisher ASorensen TIBurt SALoos RJNelson TLOrdonana JRHe MColodro-Conde LBeck-Nielsen HGoldberg JHChong YTynelius PDuncan GERasmussen FSilventoinen KSanchez-Romera JFSkytthe AEaves LJAujard KBayasgalan GLlewellyn CHChristensen KYokoyama YLee KPang ZKremen WSAaltonen SKnafo-Noam AChang BPedersen NLIwatani YHonda CJang KLTucker-Drob EMSung JKyvik KOHaworth CMTarnoki ADMankuta DBoomsma DIButler DAHarden KPHong CSodemann MHuibregtse BMMcAdams TAVlietinck RFBrandt IFreitas DLFranz CEHayakawa Kvan Beijsterveldt TCAslan AKSwan GESong YMMedland SEJelenkovic AMack TMGatz MKlump KLCozen WSaffery ROncel SYNilsen TSAliev FWillemsen GInui FBartels MSund RHur YMNarandalai DMaia JAHeikkila KCutler TLBjerregaard-Andersen MYang STan QMcGue MKandler CAbramson LPahlen SBoivin MDing XTuvblad CEley TCFagnani CSumathipala AKrueger RFMangino MBusjahn ASpector TCraig JMMontgomery GWStazi MAJi FSilberg JLLichtenstein PLachance GHotopf MMagnusson PKLyons MJNing FSiribaddana SHDerom CAHopper JLMaes HHBaker LAGregory AMTarnoki DLfalseThe 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.For over 100 years, the genetics of human anthropometric traits has attracted scientific interest. In particular, height and body mass index (BMI, calculated as kg/m2) have been under intensive genetic research. However, it is still largely unknown whether and how heritability estimates vary between human populations. Opportunities to address this question have increased recently because of the establishment of many new twin cohorts and the increasing accumulation of data in established twin cohorts. We started a new research project to analyze systematically (1) the variation of heritability estimates of height, BMI and their trajectories over the life course between birth cohorts, ethnicities and countries, and (2) to study the effects of birth-related factors, education and smoking on t2015-01-01T00:00:00Z2015 Aug2025-04-19T06:55:47.739Z2019-03-27T02:06:01ZS-EPMC46965432601404110.1017/thg.2015.29