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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2013 Feb 8;144(7):1402–1409.e5. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.02.001

Table 4.

Univariate Risk Factors (Polyp Histology) for Germline Mutations in ENG, PTEN, STK11, BMPR1A and SMAD4

Variable N ENG (11; 1.8%) PTEN (13; 2.2%) STK11 (13; 2.2%) BMPR1A (20; 3.3%) SMAD4 (21; 3.5%) Any Gene (77; 12.8%)

# (%) # (%) # (%) # (%) # (%) # (%)
Polyp Histology
Hamartomas
 0 559 10 (1.8) 11 (2.0) 8 (1.4) 16 (2.9) 19 (3.4) 63 (11.3)
 ≥1 44 1 (2.3) 2 (4.5) 5 (11.4) 4 (9.1) 2 (4.5) 14 (31.8)
P-value 0.57 0.24 0.001 0.05 0.66 <0.001
Juvenile polyps
 0 521 10 (1.9) 13 (2.5) 12 (2.3) 10 (1.9) 9 (1.7) 53 (10.2)
 1–17 71 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4) 5 (7.0) 10 (14.1) 17 (23.9)
 ≥18 11 0 (0.0) 0 (0.00 0 (0.0) 5 (45.5) 2 (18.2) 7 (63.6)
P-value 1.0 0.52 1.0 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Ganglioneuromas
 0 589 10 (1.7) 9 (1.5) 13 (2.2) 19 (3.2) 21 (3.6) 71 (12.1)
 ≥1 14 1 (7.1) 4 (28.6) 0 (0.0) 1 (7.1) 0 (0.0) 6 (42.9)
P-value 0.23 <0.001 1.0 0.38 1.0 0.005
Adenomas
 0–4 423 10 (2.4) 10 (2.4) 11 (2.6) 15 (3.5) 16 (3.8) 62 (14.7)
 ≥5 180 1 (0.6) 3 (1.7) 2 (1.1) 5 (2.8) 5 (2.8) 15 (8.3)
P-value 0.19 0.76 0.36 0.81 0.63 0.033
Mixed histology
 No 588 10 (1.7) 10 (1.7) 12 (2.0) 18 (3.1) 20 (3.4) 69 (11.7)
 Yes 15 1 (6.7) 3 (20.0) 1 (6.7) 2 (13.3) 1 (6.7) 8 (53.3)
P-value 0.24 0.003 0.28 0.08 0.42 <0.001