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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Genet. 2007 Jan 3;121(2):257–267. doi: 10.1007/s00439-006-0310-2

Table I.

Descriptive Statistics for Prostate Cancer Cohorts in Finland

Description Cohort-1 Cohort-2 Combined Cohorts
Probands 557 989 1,546
Non-probands 3,631 7,019 10,650
Affected non-probands 51 109 160
Number of affected 608 1,098 1,706
Individuals in cohort 4,188 8,008 12,196
Number of Males 2,418 (57.7%) 4,664 (58.2%) 7,082 (58.1%)
Number of Females 1,770 (42,3%) 3,344 (46.9%) 5,114 (41.9%)
Number of Fathers 390 673 1,063
Number of Brothers 846 1,840 2,686
Number of Sons 625 1,162 1,787
Number of Mothers 388 681 1,069
Number of Sisters 794 1,642 2,436
Number of Daughters 588 1,021 1,609
Mean age of probands (years) 56.6 ± 3.4 74.4 ± 7.4 68.2 ±10.7
Range of age at diagnosis of probands (years) 41.8 – 60.9 61 – 96 41.8 – 96
Mean age of affected non-probands (years) 69.6 ± 8.0 71.9 ± 7.8 71.2 ± 7.9
Range of age at diagnosis of affected non-probands (years) 48.3 – 85.5 48.1 – 88.7 48.1 – 88.7
Unaffected men aged ≥ 48 (years) 909 (18.3%) 2,141 (23.0%) 3,050 (21.4%)
Mean age of unaffected men (years) 65.2 ± 9.8 67.5 ± 12.3 66.6 ± 11.4
Range of ages of unaffected men (years) 48 – 85.5 48 – 104.3 48 –104.3
Pedigree sizes (average; range) 8.9 (3–23) 9.4 (3–25) 9.2 (3–25)
Percent of pedigrees with ≥ 10 and ≥20 persons 28% (0.7%) 37.6% (0.5%) 34.2% (0.6%)