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Table 2 values of percentages and absolute numbers of T cell subset during aging

From: Premature aging of circulating T cells predicts all-cause mortality in hemodialysis patients

 

ALL

Aged 20–45

Aged 46–59

Aged 60–69

Aged 70–79

Aged 80–89

P value

N = 446

N = 84

N = 128

N = 129

N = 63

N = 42

Cell subset percentage

 CD4+T cells %*

57.1(49.6,64.6)

55.5(49.2,60.4)

58.2 (52.3,67.0)

57.9(50.4,65.8)

54.6(47.6,63.2)

56.2(48.3,67.0)

0.02

 CD4+ TNAIVE %*

36.7(26.2,46.8)

43.5(34.0,53.1)

37.1(26.5,48.3)

34.9(26.2,45.5)

29.5(20.7,44.9)

32.9(20.1,45.3)

< 0.001

 CD4+TCM%*

21.7(15.1,28.7)

17.0(12.4,25.7)

21.3(15.2,25.9)

23.5(15.4,31.2)

23.1(18.5,31.4)

22.6(15.3,29.4)

0.002

 CD4+TEM%*

33.2(25.4,42.3)

28.7(22.3,34.8)

32.8(25.4,42.0)

35.1(25.2,43.3)

37.9(26.2,45.6)

36.1(26.1,45.6)

< 0.001

 CD4+TEMRA%

4.2(2.5,7.6)

4.8(2.8,8.9)

4.9(2.8,7.5)

4.3(2.5,7.9)

3.4(2.2,6.3)

3.6(2.0,6.2)

0.932

 CD8+T cells %*

34.6(28.5,41.3)

36.2(32.3,42.1)

32.7(26.9,40.3)

33.2(26.8,39.4)

36.1(30.3,46.3)

36.0(27.5,43.9)

0.003

 CD8+ TNAIVE % *

19.9(12.2,30.3)

37.1(28.4,52.5)

22.7(16.5,33.1)

15.5(13.0,24.9)

10.5(7.2,17.7)

9.5(5.3,15.4)

< 0.001

 CD8+ TCM%*

2.8(1.7,4.5)

2.1(1.4,2.9)

2.7(1.7,4.3)

3.5(2.0,4.9)

3.1(1.7,4.9)

3.1(1.7,5.3)

0.001

 CD8 +TEM%*

22.5(15.5,30.9)

17.3(12.6,23.1)

22.0(16.1,30.2)

25.5(16.0,33.0)

27.1(17.2,36.2)

24.7(16.2,38.4)

< 0.001

 CD8+TEMRA%*

49.7(37.0,60.3)

40.1(27.9,50.0)

48.1(34.1,58.1)

52.2(39.7,59.9)

57.9(43.3,69.8)

63.1(45.8,70.4)

< 0.001

 CD4+Tcell /CD8+ T cell

1.64(1.21,2.25)

1.50(1.18,1.88)

1.76(1.31,2.49)

1.73(1.31,2.54)

1.56(1.01,2.02)

1.52(1.10,2.43)

0.051

Absolute cell number

 CD4+T cells (cells/μl)*

387(291,548)

500(367,636)

428(326,549)

369(279,524)

352(211,447)

345(264,411)

< 0.001

 CD4+ TNAIVE (cells/μl)*

135(81,224)

226(148,292)

151(86,232)

124(84,186)

101(41,147)

104(56,175)

< 0.001

 CD4+TCM (cells/μl)

85(54,126)

86(50,140)

84(55,125)

88(55,125)

79(54,130)

80(47,112)

0.324

 CD4+TEM (cells/μl)

129(86,187)

136(91,189)

139(88,190)

127(89,180)

115(83,172)

108(78,197)

0.487

 CD4+TEMRA (cells/μl)*

18(10,32)

25(11,46)

20(10,36)

16(10,28)

13(6,28)

13(7,20)

0.005

 CD8+T cells (cells/μl)*

236(162,355)

318(251,448)

226(163,353)

209(138,315)

217(159,326)

219(139,321)

< 0.001

 CD8+ TNAIVE (cells/μl)*

44(23,83)

129(85,164)

54(35,83)

37(21,62)

25(16,38)

20(13,30)

< 0.001

 CD8+ TCM (cells/μl)

5(3,8)

5(3,7)

5(3,8)

6(3,9)

6(3,10)

5(3,9)

0.363

 CD8 +TEM (cells/μl)

41(28,61)

41(32,53)

39(27,62)

41(26,63)

46(28,71)

39(29,64)

0.28

 CD8+TEMRA (cells/μl)

111(63,181)

119(77,193)

103(58,185)

103(54,164)

121(83,189)

115(63,194)

0.281

  1. Percentages and absolute numbers (cells/μl) of naïve (TNAIVE), central memory (TCM), effector memory (TEM), terminally differentiated (TEMRA)
  2. *p for trend across age groups < 0.05