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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2014 Jan 16;16(7):553–557. doi: 10.1038/gim.2013.193

Table 3.

Previous studies looking at prostate cancer incidence in Lynch syndrome

Reference Place N (PrCa) SIR/SRR 95% CI Median age at Dx Gene involved
Aarnio et al.2 a Finland 360 (4) SIR 2.9 0.8–7.4 NR NR
Scott et al.10 Wales 95 families (1) SIR 1.02 0.1–13.6 NR MLH1 (0), MSH2 (1)
Goecke et al.24 Germany 259 (8) NR NR 59 MLH1 (0), MSH2 (8)
Grindedal et al.6 Norway 106 (9) SIR 5.9 4.1–17.1 60.4 MLH1 (0), MSH2 (6),
MSH6 (2), PMS2 (1)
Win et al.5b Australia, Canada,
United States
382 (19) SIR 2.05 1.23–3.01 64 MLH1 (3), MSH2 (15),
MSH6 (1), PMS2 (0)
Pande et al.9 MD Anderson 151 (3) SIR 0.93 0.19–2.7 65 NR
Engel et al.8 Germany, The Netherlands 1,107 (17) SIR 2.5 1.4–4.0 59 NR
Raymond et al.7 University of Michigan 412 (15) HR 1.99 1.31–3.03 65 NR
This study The Ohio State University 188 (11) SRR 4.87 2.43–8.71 64 MLH1 (1), MSH2 (7),
MSH6 (2), PMS2 (1)

CI, confidence interval; Dx, diagnosis; HR, hazard ratio; N, number; NR, not reported; PrCa, prostate cancer; SIR, standardized incidence ratio; SRR, standardized rate ratio.

a

Studied MLH1 (47 families) and MSH2 (3 families).

b

Studied patients who had a previous history of colorectal cancer.

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