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Table 1 Summary of participants enrolled in each year of the study and pre-vaccination levels of inflammatory mediators

From: Markers of systemic inflammation are positively associated with influenza vaccine antibody responses with a possible role for ILT2(+)CD57(+) NK-cells

 

Older adults

Young adults

 

(N = 612)

(N = 79)

 

Age

76 (7.4)

30 (4.9)

***

Sex

 Female

410 (67.0%)

58 (73.4%)

 

 Male

202 (33.0%)

21 (26.6%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

28 (4.87)

28 (7.25)

 

 Missing

3 (0.5%)

10 (13%)

 

CMV serostatus

  

***

 Negative

287 (46.9%)

62 (78.5%)

 

 Positive

325 (53.1%)

17 (21.5%)

 

Frailty Index

0.11 (0.073)

  

 Missing

2 (0.3%)

  

Dose

  

***

 High-dose

296 (48.4%)

0 (0%)

 

 Standard-dose

316 (51.6%)

79 (100%)

 

Site

 HSNRI

356 (58.2%)

40 (50.6%)

 

 UCHC

256 (41.8%)

39 (49.4%)

 

Year

 2014/15

106 (17.3%)

19 (24.1%)

 

 2015/16

175 (28.6%)

20 (25.3%)

 

 2016/17

174 (28.4%)

20 (25.3%)

 

 2017/18

157 (25.7%)

20 (25.3%)

 

TNF (pg/ml)

  

***

 Mean (SD)

12.1 (4.53)

8.53 (1.62)

 

 Median [Min, Max]

11.1 [2.87, 43.8]

8.45 [5.10, 12.7]

 

 Missing

3 (0.5%)

1 (1%)

 

IL-6 (pg/ml)

  

***

 Mean (SD)

8.37 (43.0)

1.60 (1.36)

 

 Median [Min, Max]

2.70 [0.464, 633]

1.07 [0.193, 7.08]

 

 Missing

3 (0.5%)

1 (1%)

 

CRP (mg/L)

 Low (< 5)

429 (70.1%)

54 (68.4%)

 

 Medium (5–10)

100 (16.3%)

7 (8.9%)

 

 High (10 +)

41.0 (6.7%)

9 (11.4%)

 

 Missing

42 (7%)

9 (11%)

 
  1. Unless specified otherwise, continuous data is summarized as the mean and standard deviation, while categorical data is the count and frequency. Significance determined by either Wilcoxon rank-sum or Chi-square test, where applicable, *** p < 0.001. Note, the frailty index was not measured in young adults