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. 2018 Mar 30;26(7):972–983. doi: 10.1038/s41431-017-0057-3

Table 4.

Uptake of risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy by variant status separately for women with a strong and no/minimal family history

Variant status Number of women who had RRBSO within 12 months since enrolment (N = 127)a Number of women who have not had a RRBSO within 12 months but reported intention to undergo RRBSO (N = 90)b
Family history No family history Total Family historyd No family history Total
Tot. N N (%) Tot. N N (%) Tot. N N (%) Tot. N N (%) Tot. N N (%) Tot. N N (%)
Variant carriers 9 5 (55.6) 9 0 (0.0) 18 5 (27.8) 3 3 (100.0) 9 8 (88.9) 12 11 (91.7)
No variant found 64 9 (14.1) 45 3 (6.7)c 109 12 (10.9) 44 7 (15.9) 34 4 (11.8) 78 11 (14.1)
Total 73 14 (19.2) 54 3 (5.6) 127 17 (13.4) 47 10 (21.3) 43 12 (27.9) 90 22 (24.4)

Tot. N Total N separately for women with a strong family history and no/minimal family history, Variant carrier carrier of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variant, RRBSO risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

a The missing data for one woman. Self-reported as at 12-months post-enrolment questionnaire and as per medical records for women with missing self-report data

b The data on intention to undergo RRBSO are missing for 20 women

c Of the three FH− non-carriers who had an RRBSO, all had oestrogen receptor positive tumours