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. 2015 May 22;130(2):134–140. doi: 10.1159/000398819

Table 2.

Characteristics of 686 patients tested for a HNF1 B mutation at Exeter Molecular Genetics Laboratory

Total HNF1B status
p OR (95% CI) Children (≤16 years) HNF1B status
p OR (95% CI) Adults (>16 years) HNF1B status
p OR (95% CI)
mutation, % (n = 177) normal, % (n = 509) mutation, % (n = 116) normal, % (n = 300) mutation, % (n = 61) normal, % (n = 209)
Renal phenotype

Antenatal renal abnormalities 54 (30.5) 83 (16.3) ≤0.0001 2.3 (1.5–3.4) 53 (45.7) 80 (26.7) 0.0003 2.3 (1.5–3.6) 1 (1.6) 3 (1.4) 1 1.1 (0.1–11.2)

Hyperechogenicity 23 (13.0) 22 (4.3) 0.0002 3.3 (1.8–6.1) 21 (18.1) 20 (6.7) 0.0008 3.1 (1.6–6.0) 2 (3.3) 2 (1.0) 0.2 3.5 (0.5–25.4)

Renal cysts 136 (76.8) 314 (61.7) 0.0002 2.1 (1.4–3.0) 93 (80.2) 190 (63.3) 0.001 2.3 (1.4–3.9) 43 (70.5) 124 (59.3) 0.1 1.6 (0.9–3.0)

Hypoplasia 21 (11.9) 24 (4.7) 0.002 2.7 (1.5–5.0) 6 (5.2) 16 (5.3) 1 1.0 (0.4–2.5) 15 (24.6) 8 (3.8) ≤0.0001 8.2 (3.3–20.5)

Multicystic and dysplastic kidney 6 (3.4) 26 (5.1) 0.4 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 6 (5.2) 25 (8.3) 0.3 0.6 (0.2–1.5) 0 1 (0.5) 1 0 (0–65.1)

Urinary tract malformations 19 (10.7) 52 (10.2) 0.9 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 13 (11.2) 29 (9.7) 0.7 1.2 (0.6–2.4) 6 (9.8) 23 (11.0) 1 0.9 (0.3–2.3)

Solitary kidney 14 (7.9) 54 (10.6) 0.4 0.7 (0.4–1.3) 6 (5.2) 21 (7) 0.7 0.7 (0.3–1.8) 8 (13.1) 33 (15.8) 1 0.8 (0.4–1.8)

Glomerular cysts or oligomeganephronia on biopsy 4 (2.3) 10 (2.0) 0.8 1.2 (0.4–3.7) 2 (1.7) 8 (2.7) 0.7 0.6 (0.1–3.1) 2 (3.3) 2 (1.0) 0.2 3.5 (0.5–25.4)

Pancreas phenotype Diabetes with age of onset ≤35 years 60 (33.9) 59 (11.6) ≤0.0001 3.9 (2.6–5.9) 26 (22.4) 25 (8.3) 0.0002 3.2 (1.7–5.8) 34 (55.7) 34 (16.3) «b>0.0001 6.5 (3.5–12.1)

Hypoplasia or exocrine failure 7 (4.0) 1 (0.2) 0.0004 20.7 (2.5–169) 1 (0.9) 0 0.3 − 6 (9.8) 1 (0.5) 0.0006 22.7 (2.7–192)

Other features

Family history 64 (36.2) 184 (36.1) 1 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 36 (31.0) 76 (25.3) 0.3 1.3 (0.8–2.1) 28 (45.9) 108 (51.7) 0.5 0.8 (0.4–1.4)

Genital tract malformations 9 (5.1) 16 (3.1) 0.2 1.7 (0.7–3.8) 1 (0.9) 8 (2.7) 0.5 0.3 (0.04–2.6) 8 (13.1) 8 (3.8) 0.01 3.8 (1.4–10.6)

Liver test abnormalities 15 (8.5) 5 (1.0) ≤0.0001 9.3 (3.3–26.1) 0 2 (0.7) 1 0 (0–9.0) 15 (24.6) 3 (1.4) ≤0.0001 22.4 (6.2–80.5)

Hypomagnesaemia 11 (6.2) 7 (1.4) 0.001 4.8 (1.8–12.5) 3 (2.6) 6 (2) 0.7 1.3 (0.3–5.3) 8 (13.1) 1 (0.5) ≤0.0001 31.4 (3.8–257)

Early-onset gout 3 (1.7) 13 (2.6) 0.8 0.7 (0.2–2.3) 1 (0.9) 6 (2) 0.7 0.4 (0.05–3.6) 2 (3.3) 7 (3.3) 1 1.0 (0.2–4.8)

CI = Confidence interval; HNF1B = hepatocyte nuclear factor 1β; OR = odds ratio.