December 22, 2025
The VBS 2016 Neuropathological And Supplemental Biomarkers 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).