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. 2009 Apr 24;4(2):93–99. doi: 10.1159/000211991

Table 2.

Frequencies of moderate and low-risk variants

Gene/locus Mutation/reference SNP Population Allele frequency, %
Rare moderate penetrance breast cancer susceptibility genes
ATM mutations Western population 0.25–0.5
BRIP1 mutations UK 0.15
CHEK2 1100delC Netherlands 0.7–1.3
Finland 0.55–0.7
UK 0.18–0.25
Germany 0,075–0,125
Australia 0.07
Sweden 0.3–0.5
Poland 0.1–0,125
Czech Republic 0.15
Italy 0,055
USA 0.15–0.2
Canada 0.1
Spain no detection
PALB2 mutations UK 0.25
Common low penetrance breast cancer susceptibility SNPs
FGFR2 rs1219648 USA/European ancestry 39
rs2981582 UK 38
Asia 30
LSP1 rs3817198 UK 30
Asia 14
MAP3K1 rs889312 UK 28
Asia 54
TGFB1 L10P Western population 38
TOX3 rs3803662 Western population 14
rs3803662 UK 25
Asia 60
2q35 rs13387042 Western population 25
8q rs!3281615 UK 40
Asia 56

SNP = Single nucleotide polymorphism.