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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2008 May 2;135(2):419–428. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.04.026

Table 6.

Penetrance as hazard ratio and risk to age 70 for cancer based on sex for North America, Australia, and Sweden.

Cancer Sex Hazard ratio (95% CI) Cumulative risk (95% CI)
to age 50 to age 60 to age 70
Colorectal Male 5.2 (2.8–9.7) 2% (1%–4%) 8% (4%–14%) 20% (11% – 34%)
Female 5.2 (2.8–9.7) 2% (1%–4%) 6% (3%–10%) 15% (8% – 26%)
Endometrial Female 7.5 (2.8–20.0) 3% (1%–8%) 9% (3%–21%) 15% (6% – 35%)
Less frequent Lynch cancers* Male 2.5 (0.4–16.2) 1% (0%–8%) 3% (0%–17%) 6% (1% – 33%)
Female 2.5 (0.5–12.6) 1% (0%–7%) 3% (1%–13%) 6% (1% – 25%)
Other cancers Male 0.9 (0.3–2.3) 4% (1%–9%) 10% (4%–24%) 24% (10% – 51%)
Female 1.5 (0.8–3.1) 8% (4%–15%) 16% (8%–29%) 27% (15% – 48%)
Any Lynch Syndrome-associated cancer Male 4% (2%–10%) 10% (6%–24%) 25% (16%–48%)
Female 6% (4%–14%) 16% (10%–31%) 32% (21%–53%)
*

Kidney (renal pelvis), stomach, ovary, small bowel, ureter, brain