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. 2006 Jul;55(7):984–990. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.082990

Table 3 Cancer risk differences in Peutz‐Jeghers syndrome patients between missense (M) versus truncating (T) mutation carriers.

Sex No of cancers of each type (% of subgroup) by mutation type (M or T)
All cancers Gastrointestinal Gynaecological Breast Other
M T M T M T M T M T
Overall 20 (21%) 4 (14%) 15 (15%) 3 (10%) 2 (2%) 0 (0%)
p = 0.45 p = 0.40 p = 0.73
Males 9 (18%) 2 (14%) 8 (16%) 2 (14%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
p = 0.66 p = 0.50 p = 0.62
Females 11 (24%) 2 (13%) 7 (15%) 1 (7%) 5 (11%) 1 (7%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
p = 0.57 p = 0.61 p = 0.74 p = 0.72 NE

NE, not estimable.