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. 2024 Sep 16;15(5):777–783. doi: 10.14740/wjon1919

Table 2. Rates of Positive Pathogenic Variants by Indication.

Variable Total Pathogenic/likely pathogenic mutations
All variants
BRCA1/2
Non-BRCA1/2
n (%) P-value n (%) P-value n (%) P-value
Age at diagnosis (years) 0.18 0.23 0.29
  ≤ 70 102 9 (8.8%) 3 (2.9%) 6 (5.8%)
  > 70 102 13 (12.7%) 5 (4.9%) 8 (7.8%)
Triple-negative disease 0.37 0.24 0.33
  Yes 33 3 (9.1%) 2 (6.1%) 1 (3.0%)
  No 171 19 (11.1%) 11 (6.4%) 8 (4.7 %)
≥ close blood relative with breast cancer diagnosed at age ≤ 50 years 0.47 0.17 0.21
  Yes 110 12 (10.9%) 3 (2.7%) 9 (8.2%)
  No 94 10 (10.6%) 5 (5.3%) 5 (5.3%)
≥ 1 close blood relative with: Epithelial ovarian cancer at any age; Exocrine pancreatic cancer at any age; Metastatic prostate cancer at any age 0.18 0.24 0.29
  Yes 33 5 (15.2%) 2 (6.1%) 3 (9.1%)
  No 171 17 (9.9%) 6 (3.5%) 11 (6.4%)
≥ 2 close relatives with breast cancer diagnosed at any age 0.38 0.39 0.27
  Yes 86 10 (11.6%) 3 (3.5%) 7 (8.1%)
  No 118 12 (10.2%) 5 (4.2%) 7 (5.9%)
More than one primary breast cancers, first diagnosed before age of 65 years 0.36 0.23 0.45
  Yes 13 1 (7.7%) 0 1 (7.7%)
  No 191 21 (10.9%) 8 (4.2%) 13 (6.8%)
Diagnosed at any age with a close male relative with breast cancer at any age 0.24 0.34 0.29
  Yes 4 0 0 0
  No 200 22 (11%) 8 (4%) 14 (7%)
All patients 204 22 (10.8%) 8 (3.9%) 14 (6.9%)