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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2012 Apr 12;14(8):729–736. doi: 10.1038/gim.2012.34

Table 2.

Predicted Risk of Transmission of Full Mutation Allele By Maternal Total CGG Repeat Length and Number of AGG Interruptions

CGG Repeat Length 55a 60 65 70 75 80 85
Number of AGG interruptions 0 2.6% (0.7%, 9.5%)c 8.2% (2.9%, 21.1%) 22.9 (11.1%, 41.2%) 49.6% (32.9%, 66.3%) 76.5% (62.8%, 86.3%) 91.5% (83.5%, 95.9%) 97.3% (93.2%, 99%)
1 1.1% (0.2%, 4.9%) 3.5% (1%, 11.4%) 10.7% (4.2%, 24.8%) 28.5% (15.2%, 46.9%) 56.9% (40.3%, 72.2%) 81.4% (68.8%, 89.7%) 93.6% (86.3%, 97.1%)
2 0.1% (0%, 1%) 0.4% (0.1%, 2.5%) 1.2% (0.2%, 6%) 4% (1%, 14.3%) 12% (4%, 31%) 31.2% (13.9%, 56.1%) 60.1% (36.4%, 79.8%)
Differential riskb 2.5% 7.8% 21.7% 45.6% 63.5% 60.3% 37.2%
CGG Repeat Length 90 95 100 105 110 115 120
Number of AGG interruptions 0 99.2% (97.2%, 99.8%) 99.7% (98.9%, 99.9%) 99.9% (99.5%, 100%) 100% (99.8%, 100%) 100% (99.9%, 100%) 100% (100%, 100%) 100% (100%, 100%)
1 98% (94.4%, 99.3%) 99.4% (97.7%, 99.8%) 99.8% (99.1%, 100%) 99.9% (99.6%, 100%) 100% (99.8%, 100%) 100% (99.9%, 100%) 100% (100%, 100%)
2 83.3% (64.7%, 93.1%) 94.3% (84.3%, 98.1%) 98.2% (93.6%, 99.5%) 99.5% (97.5%, 99.9%) 99.8% (99%, 100%) 100% (99.6%, 100%) 100% (99.8%, 100%)
Differential risk 15.9% 5.4% 1.7% 0.5% 0.2% 0% 0%
a

Number designates the lower bound for the given bin (e.g., 55 = 55–59 CGG repeats)

b

Difference in risk of full mutation expansion (0 versus 2 CGG repeats), for a given total CGG repeat length.

c

Numbers in parenthesis denote the 95% confidence interval for the predicted risk