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Table 1 Study subject characteristics

From: Healthy elderly Singaporeans show no age-related humoral hyporesponsiveness nor diminished plasmablast generation in response to influenza vaccine

 

Young cohort (N = 29)

Healthy elderly cohort (N = 22)

p

Demography

 Age

27.97 (23–33)

72.41 (65–84)

****

 Gender

18 females (63.3%)

10 females (45.5%)

ns

 BMI

22.8 (16.2–29.1)

23.6 (17.4–32.6)

ns

Physical activity (% of time)

 Sedentary

60.3 (46.5–98.9)

60.2 (43.4–92.5)

ns

 Light activity

35.1 (0.9–47.9)

35.2 (7.4–48.4)

ns

 Moderate activity

4.5 (0.1–11.1)

3.8 (0.1–15.4)

ns

 Vigorous activity

0.1 (0–1.8)

0.8 (0–12.1)

ns

Clinical

 CMV positivity

13 (45%)

22 (100%)

****

 CD4/CD8 ratio

1.33 (0.62–2.42)

2.94 (0.52–14.71)

**

 CRP (mg/L)

1.2 (0.2–4.1)

2.7 (0.3–9.3)

**

 Comorbidities

0.36 (0–1)

 MMSE/MoCA

28 (22–30) / 25.59 (18–30)

 Pre/Post FEV1/FVC

0.73 (0.5–0.91)/0.71 (0.29–0.85)

 Medications

1.05 (0–4)

 Hospitalizations

0

 MNA

12.8 (11–14)

  1. BMI body mass index, CMV human cytomegalovirus, CRP C-reactive protein, MMSE mini mental state examination, MoCA Montreal cognitive assessment, FEV forced expiratory volume, FVC forced vital capacity, pre/post inhalation of a bronchodilator, MNA mini nutritional assessment score. Physical activity was measured during 2 weeks using actigraphy watches (Phillips Respironics). Comorbidities are expressed as the number of diagnosed conditions, medications are defined as the number of prescribed drugs and hospitalizations is the number of time the individual have been hospitalized in the past year