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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 3.

Multivariable analysis for presence of any gene mutation (logistic regression) and by affected gene (polytomous logistic regression)

Predictors Any mutation
(n=525)
OR [95% CI]
MLH1
(n=204)
OR [95% CI]
MSH2
(n=250)
OR [95% CI]
MSH6
(n=71)
OR [95% CI]
Personal History
   Unaffected 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
   Male 1.9 [1.5–2.4] 2.0 [1.4–2.8] 1.9 [1.4–2.7] 1.7 [0.9–3.2]
   1 CRC 4.3 [3.3–5.6] 5.1 [3.4–7.7] 4.5 [3.2–6.5] 2.1 [1.2–3.7]
   > 2 CRC 13.7 [8.5–22] 17.0 [8.9–31.0] 14.0 [8.1–26.0] 5.4 [1.9–15.0]
   Endometrial Cancer 6.1 [4.6–8.2] 4.0 [2.5–6.4] 7.2 [4.9–11.0] 7.2 [4.0–13.0]
   Other LS Cancer 3.3 [2.4–4.6] 2.3 [1.4–4.0] 4.9 [3.3–7.3] 1.5 [0.7–3.2]
Family History
   CRC
       No family history of CRC 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
       Presence of CRC in FDRs/SDRs* 2.9 [2.6–3.4] 3.3 [2.8–4.0] 3.3 [2.7–3.9] 1.2 [0.9–1.8]
   Endometrial cancer
       No family history of endometrial cancer 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
       Presence of endometrial cancer in FDRs/SDRs* 2.9 [2.3–3.7] 2.6 [1.8–3.6] 2.8 [2.1–3.8] 3.1 [2.1–4.7]
   Other LS cancers
       No family history of other LS cancers 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
       Presence of other LS cancers 1.4 [1.1–1.8] 1.1 [0.7–1.7] 1.4 [1.0–2.0] 1.7 [1.0–2.9]
Age at diagnosis
   CRC [decade younger] 1.7 [1.6 – 1.8] 1.8 [1.6–2.0] 1.6 [1.5–1.8] 1.1 [1.0–1.3]
   Endometrial cancer [decade younger] 1.1 [0.9 – 1.2] 1.0 [0.8–1.3] 1.2 [1.0–1.5] 0.9 [0.9–1.1]

CRC=colorectal cancer, LS=Lynch Syndrome, FDRs=first-degree relatives, SDRs=second-degree relatives, ROC=receiver operator characteristic

*

Family history was coded as 1*(#FDRs) + 0.5*(#SDRs). For CRC and endometrial cancer, #FDR coded as 0,1,2 for 0, 1, or at least 2 affected FDRs respectively, and #SDR coded as 0,1,2 for 0, 1, or at least 2 affected SDRs respectively. Family history could have values of 0 (for no affected relatives) to 3 (for 2 or more affected FDRs and SDRs). For other LS cancers, #FDR coded as 0, 1 for 0, or at least 1 affected FDR, and #SDR coded as 0,1 for 0, at least 1 affected SDR. Family history could have values of 0 (for no affected relatives) to 1.5 (for 1 or more affected FDRs and SDRs).