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. 2014 Jun 16;51(8):545–552. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2014-102320

Table 2.

Prospective risk of cancers in CDKN2A p.Arg112dup carriers (n=120) compared with non-carriers (n=111) and controls (n=3976)

Tumour type p.Arg112dup Non-carriers Controls
observed expected* RR (95% CI) expected* RR (95% CI)
Melanoma 35 3.61 9.7 (3.5 to 27.2) 0.54 64.8 (36.9 to 117.9)
Pancreas 7 0 NA† 0.16 43.8 (13.8 to 139.0)
Digestive—upper 6 0 NA† 0.35 17.1 (6.3 to 46.5)
Respiratory 5 0.90 5.6 (0.7 to 47.4) 0.32 15.6 (5.4 to 46.0)
Gynaecological 7 3.61 1.9 (0.6 to 6.6) 0.80 8.8 (3.8 to 20.4)
Haematopoietic or lymphatic 2 0 NA† 0.51 3.9 (0.6 to 10.6)
CNS 1 0 NA† 0.29 3.4 (0.4 to 27.5)
Skin (non-melanoma) 3 0.90 3.3 (0.3 to 31.9) 0.92 3.3 (1.0 to 10.7)
Breast 3 0.90 3.3 (0.3 to 31.9) 0.99 3.0 (0.9 to 9.9)
Endocrine 1 0 NA† 0.35 2.9 (0.4 to 22.1)
Urinary 3 0.90 3.3 (0.3 to 31.9) 1.75 1.7 (0.5 to 5.5)
Digestive—lower 1 0 NA† 0.96 1.0 (0.1 to 7.7)
Connective tissue 0 0 NA† 0.03 0.0
Unknown primary tumour 0 0 NA† 0.29 0.0
All non-melanoma cancers 39 8.12 4.8 (2.4 to 10.1) 7.78 5.0 (3.7 to 7.3)

*In non-carriers and controls, numbers of expected cases are calculated to correspond to equal person years as for carriers.

†NA=RR not calculable since 0 cases of cancer type in non-carriers.

RR, Relative risk.