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. 2007 Feb 6;96(4):667–676. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603602

Table 2. Summary data for 33 primary MGCTs (22 YSTs & 11 Germinomas), listing those CNIs that show a statistically significant association (P<0.05), with regard to a particular attribute. In the ‘Comparison’ column the numbers in brackets refer to the number of cases in the compared categories.

Comparison Over-representation of CNI CNI P-value Difference (95%CI)
Histology (germinoma vs YST) (11 vs 22) YST 1p− 0.003 63.6% [27.0%, 88.1%]
    6q− 0.004 59.1% [21.9%, 82.9%]
    3p+ 0.02 45.5% [7.1%, 72.5%]
Gonadal cases (ovarian vs testicular) (17 vs 7) Testicular tumours 3p+ 0.02 53.8% [8.3%, 91.8%]
    8q− 0.04 42.9% [0.2%, 84.8%]
Age (<5 vs ⩾5 years) (14 vs 19) Age <5 years old 1p− 0.01 −43.6% [−76.2%, −9.1%]
    4q− 0.02 −41.4% [−73.6%, −6.3%]
    4p− 0.03 −37.6% [−71.3%, −2.6%]
    6q− 0.02 −43.2% [−75.8 %, −8.0%]
YST cases only, age (<5 vs ⩾5) (14 vs 8) Age ⩾5 years old 3q+ 0.03 50.0% [6.5%, 87.9%]
12p gain (association with other CNIs) 12p gain present (n=14) 12q+ 0.01 46.6% [11.9%, 77.7%]
  12p gain absent (n=19) 16p− 0.04 −36.8% [−67.9%, −3.2%]
12p gain cases only, age (<5 vs ⩾5) (4 vs 10) Age <5 years old 11q+ 0.01 −75.0% [−99.8%, −15.9%]
    6q− 0.02 −70.0% [−98.3%, −9.2%]
    2p+ 0.04 −65.0% [−99.4%, −3.8%]
    3p+ 0.04 −65.0% [−99.4%, −3.8%]
YST cases only, 12p gain (association with other CNIs) 12p gain present (n=7) 6q− 0.009 60.0% [17.5%, 92.4%]
    12q+ 0.01 57.1% [11.0%, 91.7%]
  12p gain absent (n=15) 16p− 0.04 −46.7% [−81.5%, −3.4%]