Table 2. Characterization of family members according to their age, number, and gender of individuals in the pedigrees.

Variables	Mean ± SD (range)
Age of respondents, y	54.0 (16.5) 18-95
Age of family members affected by cancer, y	57.5 (13.2) 20-92
Age of youngest family member affected by cancer, y	50.3 (17.1) 3-92
Number of generations	3.2 (0.76) 2-6
Number of family members	16.0 (7.0) 3-40
Number of female family members	6.9 (3.5) 2-16
Number of male family members	9.1 (5.0) 2-30
Number of studied families	390

SD, standard deviation; y, years.