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. 2009 Oct 28;7(1):16. doi: 10.1186/1897-4287-7-16

Table 2.

Penetrance and 95% Confidence Interval Estimates.

Group Age 30 (95% CI) Age 50 (95% CI) Age 70 (95% CI)
Any HNPCC cancer (Weibull)
Male Carrier 9.1 (6.0, 17.9) 70.5 (59.1, 87.7) 98.2 (93.8, 99.9)
Female Carrier 6.1 (3.8, 11.6) 55.3 (42.8, 73.1) 92.8 (82.4, 99.1)
Male Non-carrier 1.0 (0.0, 1.6) 11.9 (0.2, 20.0) 33.9 (0.5, 53.6)
Female Non-carrier 0.1 (0.0, 1.4) 1.5 (0.1, 18.2) 4.7 (0.4, 49.8)

CRC (Log-logistic)
Male Carrier 11.1 (3.9, 19.9) 62.2 (38.4, 73.8) 84.5 (67.3, 91.3)
Female Carrier 1.4 (0.6, 3.7) 16.1 (8.9, 30.5) 38.9 (24.2, 62.1)
Male Non-carrier 0.3 (0.0, 1.6) 4.1 (0.6, 16.2) 12.5 (2.0, 39.8)
Female Non-carrier 0.0 (0.0, 0.3) 0.5 (0.1, 2.9) 1.6 (0.3, 9.3)

EC (Log-logistic)
Female Carriers 0.7 37.1 82.4
Female Non-carriers 0.0 0.0 0.0

Penetrance estimates (percent) at ages 30, 50 and 70 by carrier status and sex, with corresponding 95% confidence intervals. Estimates based on the specified hazard function for age at diagnosis of any hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (any HNPCC cancer), colorectal cancer (CRC) and endometrial cancer (EC)