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. 2015 Apr 17;4(7):1069–1078. doi: 10.1002/cam4.450

Table 4.

Standardized incidence ratios and 95% CI for specific cancers other than testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) occurring in first-degree male and female relatives of TGCT cases in Norway and the United States stratified by TGCT case or case family characteristics

Stratification characteristic PY Overall Soft tissue Breast Leukemia
Obs O/E 95% CI Obs O/E 95% CI Obs O/E 95% CI Obs O/E 95% CI
No. of TGCT cases in family
 2 24,911 63 0.9 0.7–1.1 3 7.0 1.4–20.4 4 0.4 0.1–1.0 8 7.7 3.3–15.2
 ≥3 6641 21 1.0 0.6–1.6 1 7.7 0.2–42.9 2 0.6 0.1–2.3 1 2.9 0.1–15.9
Histological type of TGCT in family
 Seminoma only 9447 32 1.1 0.7–1.5 2 11.8 1.4–42.5 3 0.7 0.0–3.9 2 3.6 0.4–12.9
 Nonseminoma only 5587 13 0.9 0.5–1.5 0 0.0 0.0–36.9 1 0.4 0.0–2.4 3 9.7 2.0–28.3
 Both seminoma and nonseminoma 15,626 37 0.8 0.6–1.1 2 7.4 0.9–26.8 2 0.3 0.0–1.1 4 7.8 2.1–20.1
Pattern of TGCT in family
 Siblings 10,109 25 0.9 0.5–1.4 1 5.9 0.2–32.8 1 0.2 0.0–1.3 1 2 0.1–11.1
 Father/son 4508 20 1.0 0.6–1.5 0 0.0 0.0–36.9 1 0.4 0.0–2.0 2 5.6 0.7–20.1
 Uncle/nephew 7479 22 0.9 0.6–1.4 3 23.1 4.8–67.4 0 0.0 0.0–1.2 5 50.0 16.2–116.7
Inheritance model
 Autosomal dominant 6940 28 1.0 0.6–1.4 0 0.0 3 0.7 0.2–2.1 2 3.5 0.4–12.5
 Autosomal recessive 14,874 28 0.8 0.5–1.1 1 4.2 0.1–23.2 3 0.5 0.1–1.6 1 1.7 0.0–9.4
 X-linked recessive 6667 15 0.9 0.5–1.4 2 20 2.4–72.3 2 0.8 0.1–2.8 4 30.8 8.4–78.8
 Unclear inheritance 4439 15 1.1 0.6–1.9 1 12.5 0.3–69.7 0 0.0 2 22.2 2.7–80.3
Type of relation to nearest TGCT case
 Siblings 17,634 33 0.9 0.6–1.2 2 8.0 1.0–28.9 4 0.7 0.2–1.7 4 8.9 2.4–22.8
 Parents 8409 51 0.9 0.7–1.2 2 7.7 0.9–27.8 2 0.3 0.0–0.9 4 4.7 1.3–12.1

Statistically significant results (nominal P-value <0.05) are shown in bold type. PY, person-years at risk; Obs, number observed; O/E, ratio of observed to expected; CI, confidence interval.