This data release includes assays of neurodegeneration/ATN biomarkers in approximately 4,500 HRS participants from the 2016 Venous Blood Study (VBS), including all Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) participants with venous blood in repository.
This release also includes two aging-related biomarkers, human growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) and soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (S)uPAR. Measures of thyroid function were measured on a smaller subsample (n=1022).
These data complement the comprehensive set of cardiometabolic and immune system function measures already released on the VBS 2016 sample.
Product Details
| Latest Release |
Dec 2025
(V1.0)
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| Citation |
Health and Retirement Study (2025). VBS 2016 Neuropathological And Supplemental Biomarkers (V1.0) [Data set]. Produced and distributed by the University of Michigan with funding from the National Institute on Aging (grant number NIA U01AG009740) and the Alzheimer's Association (HRS-18-586069C). https://doi.org/10.7826/VVXD9057 |
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