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. 2010 Oct 28;6(10):e1001183. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001183

Table 2. Description of affected and unaffected carriers selected for BRCA2 GWAS Stage 1 and 2.

Stage 1 Stage 2
Affected (n = 1,156) Unaffected (n = 1,038) Affected (n = 1,524) Unaffected (n = 1,508)
Factor N % N % N % N %
Age at Censoring
<40 763 66.7 11 1.1 368 23.7 1007 66.0
40–44 308 26.9 230 22.2 225 14.5 119 7.8
45–49 72 6.3 232 22.4 334 21.5 131 8.6
50–54 1 0.1 176 17.0 286 18.4 90 5.9
55–59 0 0.0 138 13.3 164 10.5 73 4.8
60+ 0 0.0 248 24.0 178 11.4 105 6.9
Self-reported Ethnicity
Unknown 125 10.9 80 7.7 329 21.2 293 19.2
Caucasian 873 76.3 723 69.9 1037 66.7 1036 67.9
Ashkenazi Jewish 146 12.8 232 22.4 189 12.2 196 12.9
DelT Mutation
Carrier 161 14.1 271 26.2 233 15.0 239 15.7
Non-carrier 983 85.9 764 73.8 1322 85.0 1286 84.3
Country of Study
Australia 109 9.5 82 7.9 149 9.6 180 11.8
Canada 98 8.6 172 16.6 55 3.5 82 5.4
Denmark 0 0.0 0 0.0 43 2.8 32 2.1
France 52 4.5 25 2.4 172 11.1 50 3.3
Finland 27 2.4 27 2.6 32 2.1 27 1.8
Germany 68 5.9 31 3.0 116 7.5 54 3.5
Iceland 25 2.2 9 0.9 81 5.2 6 0.4
Israel 49 4.3 87 8.4 77 5.0 86 5.6
Italy 110 9.6 44 4.3 98 6.3 62 4.1
Spain 107 9.4 71 6.9 99 6.4 136 8.9
Sweden 13 1.1 13 1.3 11 0.7 15 1.0
The Netherlands 15 1.3 26 2.5 117 7.5 201 13.2
United Kingdom 181 15.8 179 17.3 125 8.0 168 11.0
USA 290 25.4 290 28.0 380 24.3 426 27.9
Study
BCFR-Australia 19 1.7 5 0.5 12 0.8 10 0.7
BCFR-NCCC 12 1.0 1 0.1 5 0.3 2 0.1
BCFR-Ontario 29 2.5 28 2.7 16 1.0 17 1.1
BCFR-UT 18 1.6 18 1.7 11 0.7 47 3.1
BCFR-FCCC 2 0.2 1 0.1 14 0.9 10 0.7
BCFR-NY 4 0.3 5 0.5 26 1.7 16 1.0
BIDMC 10 0.9 20 1.9 7 0.5 12 0.8
CBCS 0 0.0 0 0.0 43 2.8 32 2.1
CGB_NCI 7 0.6 15 1.4 14 0.9 43 2.8
CNIO 49 4.3 33 3.2 40 2.5 56 3.7
COH 30 2.6 13 1.3 21 1.4 16 1.0
DFCI 14 1.2 22 2.1 10 0.6 24 1.6
DKFZ 7 0.6 5 0.5 8 0.5 7 0.5
EMBRACE 178 15.6 173 16.7 123 7.9 161 10.6
FCCC 14 1.2 10 1.0 12 0.8 9 0.6
GC-HBOC 61 5.3 26 2.5 108 6.9 47 3.1
GEMO 52 4.5 25 2.4 172 11.0 50 3.3
GOG 64 5.6 51 4.9 57 3.7 91 6.0
HCSC 27 2.4 20 1.9 34 2.2 35 2.3
HEBON 10 0.9 17 1.6 103 6.6 172 11.3
HEBCS 27 2.4 27 2.6 32 2.1 27 1.8
ICO 31 2.7 18 1.7 25 1.6 45 3.0
ILUH 26 2.3 9 0.9 81 5.2 6 0.4
IOVHBOCS 19 1.7 7 0.7 44 2.8 20 1.3
kConFab 88 7.6 77 7.3 137 8.7 168 11.0
LUMC 5 0.4 9 0.9 14 0.9 29 1.9
MAGIC-UC 2 0.2 2 0.2 0 0.0 3 0.2
MAGIC-UCI 6 0.5 9 0.9 21 1.4 22 1.4
MAYO 5 0.4 14 1.4 51 3.3 24 1.6
MBCSG 91 8.0 37 3.6 54 3.5 42 2.8
MSKCC 51 4.5 61 5.9 52 3.3 47 3.1
NICC 28 2.4 60 5.8 46 3.0 67 4.4
OCGN 62 5.4 60 5.8 35 2.2 36 2.4
OSU CCG 11 1.0 8 0.8 9 0.6 8 0.5
SMC 21 1.8 27 2.6 31 2.0 19 1.2
SWE-BRCA 13 1.1 13 1.3 11 0.7 15 1.0
UCSF 10 0.9 6 0.6 12 0.8 8 0.5
UKGRFOCR 2 0.2 6 0.6 2 0.1 7 0.5
UPENN 33 2.9 13 1.3 58 3.7 46 3.0
WCRI 6 0.5 84 8.1 4 0.3 29 1.9