The Sound Life Cohort
A collaboration with the Benaroya Research Institute
Lead Collaborators:
Dr. Jane Buckner, Sound Life Primary Investigator
Dr. Cate Speake, Sound Life Project Lead
Data from healthy Young Adult (25 - 35 years old; N = 47) and Older Adult (55 - 65 years old; N = 45) subjects were collected by the Benaroya Research Institute Sound Life Project, in collaboration with Dr. Jane Buckner. Sample collection followed a protocol approved by the institutional review board (IRB) of the Benaroya Research Institute. The Sound Life Cohort consisted of adult donors from the greater Seattle, WA area that were screened to exclude any subjects with a history of chronic or autoimmune disease, chronic infections, or severe allergy.
For more information about the Sound Life Project, see the Benaroya Research Institute Sound Life Project website.
The table below shows the number of subjects and samples in each Sound Life cohort for each biological sex and CMV status.
Additional subject and sample-level metadata is available on the Downloads page.
| Group | N Subjects | % of Subjects | N Samples | % of Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Subjects | 96 | 100% | 868 | 100% |
| ├ Sound Life Young Adult | 49 | 51% | 418 | 48% |
| ┆ ├ Female | 28 | 29% | 238 | 27% |
| ┆ ┆ ├ CMV Negative | 18 | 19% | 162 | 19% |
| ┆ ┆ └ CMV Positive | 10 | 10% | 76 | 9% |
| ┆ └ Male | 21 | 22% | 180 | 21% |
| ┆ ├ CMV Negative | 12 | 13% | 107 | 12% |
| ┆ └ CMV Positive | 9 | 9% | 73 | 8% |
| └ Sound Life Older Adult | 47 | 49% | 450 | 52% |
| ├ Female | 27 | 28% | 254 | 29% |
| ┆ ├ CMV Negative | 10 | 10% | 91 | 10% |
| ┆ └ CMV Positive | 17 | 18% | 163 | 19% |
| └ Male | 20 | 21% | 196 | 23% |
| ├ CMV Negative | 8 | 8% | 116 | 13% |
| └ CMV Positive | 12 | 13% | 80 | 9% |