TY - JOUR AU - Jayaweera, Kaushalya AU - Aschan, Lisa AU - Pannala, Gayani AU - Adikari, Anushka AU - Glozier, Nicholas AU - Ismail, Khalida AU - Pariante, Carmine M. AU - Rijsdijk, Fruhling AU - Siribaddana, Sisira AU - Zavos, Helena M. S. AU - Zunszain, Patricia A. AU - Sumathipala, Athula AU - Hotopf, Matthew PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/17 TI - The Colombo Twin and Singleton Follow-up Study: a population based twin study of psychiatric disorders and metabolic syndrome in Sri Lanka JO - BMC Public Health SP - 145 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - The disease burden related to mental disorders and metabolic syndrome is growing in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). The Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (COTASS) is a population-based sample of twins and singletons in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Here we present prevalence estimates for metabolic syndrome (metS) and mental disorders from a follow-up (COTASS-2) of the original study (COTASS-1), which was a mental health survey. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4992-2 DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-4992-2 ID - Jayaweera2018 ER -