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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jul;124(1):83–90. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000336

Table 1.

Frequency and Clinical Interpretation of Copy Number Variants in Study Group (Ultrasonographic Anomaly) and Control Group (Advanced Maternal Age)

Indication Normal Karyotype Common Benign Pathogenic Variants of Unknown Significance Total Known Pathogenic and VOUS Total Other Than Common Benign
Likely Benign Potential for Clinical Significance With Potential For Clinical Significance

(a) (b) (c) (d) (b+d) (b+c+d)
Anomaly on ultrasound 752 247 (32.8%) 21 (2.8%) 16 (2.1%) 24 (3.2%) 45 (6.0%) 61(8.1%)
(1.6 –4.0) (1.1 – 3.2) (1.9 – 4.5) (4.3 – 7.7) (6.2 – 10.1)

Advanced maternal age 1966 628(31.9%) 9 (0.5%) 37 (1.9%) 25 (1.3%) 34 (1.7%) 71(3.6%)
(0.2 – 0.8) (1.3 – 2.5) (0.8 – 1.8) (1.2 – 2.3) (2.8 – 4.4)

P-value* <0.001 0.679 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

Data are n, n (%), or 95% CI unless otherwise specified. VOUS, variants of unknown significance; CI, confidence interval.

(a) common benign, (b) pathogenic, (c) VOUS – likely benign, (d) VOUS- potential for clinical significance

*

P-values are based on a comparison of the proportion of cases with copy number variants in the ultrasonographic anomaly and advanced maternal age study groups.