The Immunobiology of Aging Cohort
A collaboration with Stanford University
Lead Collaborators:
Claire E. Gustafson
Jorg J. Goronzy
Samples from 234 healthy adults age 40-90+ were collected as part of the Immunobiology of Aging project by researchers at Stanford University.
For more information about the Immunobiology of Aging project, including additional cytometry data and clinical lab results, see ImmPort study accession SDY420 and the original publication of the study's structure and findings:
Whiting CC, Siebert J, Newman AM, Du H-W, Alizadeh AA, Goronzy J, et al. Large-scale and comprehensive immune profiling and functional analysis of normal human aging. PLoS One. 2015;10: e0133627. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133627
The table below shows the number of subjects and samples in this cohort for each biological sex and CMV status.
| Group | N Subjects | % of Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| All Subjects | 234 | 100% |
| ├ Female | 137 | 59% |
| ┆ ├ CMV Negative | 50 | 21% |
| ┆ ├ Equivocal | 1 | < 1% |
| ┆ └ CMV Positive | 86 | 37% |
| └ Male | 97 | 41% |
| ├ CMV Negative | 47 | 20% |
| └ CMV Positive | 50 | 21% |
Visualization of the number of subjects grouped by age, biological sex, and CMV status is presented below: