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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2010 Aug 19;140(1):73–81. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.08.021

Table 1.

Clinical History of Probands According to Mutation Status, by Gene

Characteristics Total No Mutation MLH1 MSH2 MSH6
N N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) p-
value*
Total 4539 (100) 4014 (88) 204 (4) 250 (6) 71 (2) NA
Male 1214 (27) 1024 (26) 88 (43) 86 (34) 16 (23) <0.001

Personal History:

CRC
    0 2013 (44) 1859 (46) 45 (22) 78 (31) 31 (44) <0.001
    1 2357 (52) 2045 (51) 135 (66) 142 (57) 35 (49)
    ≥2 169 (4) 110 (3) 24 (12) 30 (12) 5 (7)
Adenoma 701 (15) 642 (16) 21 (10) 31 (12) 7 (10) 0.04
Endometrial Cancer 615 (14) 473 (16) 36 (31) 74 (45) 32 (58) <0.001
(among females)
Other LS cancers 441 (10) 361 (9.0) 19 (9) 53 (21) 8 (11) <0.001
Multiple LS cancers 521 (11) 380 (9) 40 (20) 83 (33) 18 (25) <0.001
No LS cancers
(unaffected) 927 (20) 896 (22) 12 (6) 15 (6) 4 (6) <0.001

FDR with history of:

CRC, # of relatives
    0 2599 (57) 2415 (60) 67 (33) 75 (30) 42 (59) <0.001
    1 1490 (33) 1274 (32) 77 (38) 114 (46) 25 (35)
    ≥2 450 (10) 325 (8) 60 (29) 61 (24) 4 (6)
Endometrial Cancer
    0 4082 (90) 3667 (91) 167 (82) 197 (79) 51 (72) <0.001
    1 406 (9) 315 (8) 34 (17) 44 (17) 13 (18)
    ≥2 51 (1) 32 (1) 3 (2) 9 (4) 7 (10)
Other LS cancers
    0 3878 (85) 3447 (86) 177 (87) 201 (81) 53 (75) 0.01
    1 604 (13) 519 (13) 24 (12) 43 (17) 18 (25)
    ≥2 57 (1) 48 (1) 3 (1) 6 (2) 0 (0)

SDR with history of:

CRC, # of relatives
    0 3105 (68) 2721 (68) 124 (61) 155 (62) 48 (67) 0.01
    1 1045 (23) 922 (23) 50 (25) 57 (23) 16 (23)
    ≥2 446 (10) 371 (9) 30 (15) 38 (15) 7 (10)
Endometrial Cancer
    0 4230 (93) 3748 (93) 191 (93) 228 (91) 63 (89) 0.31
    1 273 (6) 235 (6) 12 (6) 18 (7) 8 (11)
    ≥2 36 (1) 31 (1) 1 (1) 4 (2) 0 (0)

CRC=colorectal cancer, LS= Lynch Syndrome, FDR=first-degree relative, SDR=second-degree relative;

*

ANOVA test for comparison of 4 groups