Category | Elderly group | Adult group | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Old-old | Middle-old | Adult-old | ||
Number | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Age | 90.5 ± 2.4 | 79.6 ± 2.5 | 69.3 ± 3.1 | 32.0 ± 4.6 |
Gender (male vs female) | 3vs3 | 4vs3 | 4vs4 | 4vs4 |
Number of chronic diseasesa | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 0 |
Number of daily medications(NNTs)b | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 0 |
Numbers of white blood cell(109 L−1) | 7.14 ± 3.67 | 7.09 ± 3.56 | 7.20 ± 2.98 | 7.98 ± 3.52 |
Numbers of PBMC(109 L−1) | 0.44 ± 0.25 | 0.43 ± 0.26 | 0.44 ± 0.24 | 0.48 ± 0.21 |
Numbers of CD8(+)(109 L−1) | 0.26 ± 0.14 | 0.23 ± 0.12 | 0.25 ± 0.15 | 0.24 ± 0.11 |
Percentage ratio of CD28(+)/CD28(-) | 43.4 ± 22.1/56.6 ± 33.5 | 49.1 ± 26.5/57.1 ± 37.8 | 46.9 ± 22.1/53.1 ± 39.0 | 55.1 ± 29.2/42.6 ± 29.3 |
C-reactive Protein(mg L−1) | 6.39 ± 2.86 | 6.26 ± 3.02 | 6.41 ± 3.27 | 5.22 ± 1.45 |