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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gut. 2012 Feb 16;62(2):272–279. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301265

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Characteristics Total cases
(N= 1651),
N (%)
Population-based
cases (N = 1181),
N (%)
Clinic-based
cases (N = 470),
N (%)
Age at last follow-up, median (years) 63 (range 23–93) 65.0 (range 23–88) 58 (range 28–93)
Sex
    Female 840 (51.9) 595 (51.5) 245 (52.9)
    Male 779 (48.1) 561 (48.5) 218 (47.1)
    Missing 32 (–) 25 7
Clinical criteria
    Amsterdam I 246 (15.0) 114 (9.7) 132 (29.0)
    Amsterdam II 306 (18.7) 136 (11.5) 170 (37.3)
    Revised Bethesda guidelines 1088 (65.9) 681 (57.7) 407 (86.6)
Pathogenic MMR gene mutations
    Total 239 (14.5) 80 (6.8) 159 (33.8)
      MLH1 90 (5.4) 27 (2.3) 63 (13.4)
      MSH2 125 (7.6) 43 (3.6) 82 (17.4)
      MSH6 24 (1.5) 10 (0.9) 14 (3.0)

MMR, mismatch repair.