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. 2011 May 6;20(15):3109–3117. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddr207

Table 1.

Age, family history of TGCT and tumor type in the discovery and replication sample sets

Discovery Replication
Status Case Control Case Control
Total n = 349 n = 919 n = 439 n = 960
n % n n % n %
Age [median, (interquartile range)] 31a (25, 39) 57 (52, 62) 33 (27, 38) 34 (30, 39)
Family history of TGCT
 No 313 89.7 380 86.6 864 90.0
 Yes 32a 9.2 11b 2.5 10b 1.0
Unknown 4 1.2 48 10.9 86 9.0
Personal history of cryptorchidism
 No 310 88.8 394 89.8 942 98.1
 Yes 35 10.0 42 9.6 18 1.9
 Unknown 4 1.2 3 0.7 0 0
Tumor type
 Seminoma 114 32.7 266 60.6
 Non-seminoma 227 65.0 173 39.4
 Unknown 8 2.3 0 0

TGCT, testicular germ cell tumor.

aSixteen cases were recruited based on family history of TGCT. Among the non-selected (n = 333) cases, the proportion reporting any family history of TGCT was 4.8%.

bReflects reported family history of TGCT among first-degree relatives only.