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. 2019 Jun 20;21:75. doi: 10.1186/s13058-019-1158-4

Table 2.

Sample characteristics of the US population-based sample (n = 1143) and the Swiss clinic-based sample (n = 2481)

Variables included in BCRAT and BOADICEA models and in ML algorithms US population-based sample n = 1143 Swiss clinic-based sample n = 2481
Age (range) 50.86 ± 6.22 (35–64) 50.78 ± 12.77 (13–89)
Age at menarche (range) 12.56 ± 1.54 (8–18) 12.91 ± 1.59 (8–18)
Age at first live birth (range) 24.29 ± 5.62 (13–42) 24.13 ± 5.72 (15–48)
Number of biopsies (n = 847) 1.20 ± 1.21
 Atypical hyperplasia 14 (1.65%)
Breast cancer 850 (74.37%) 886 (35.71%)
 First-ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) 434 (51.06%) 50 (5.64%)
 First-invasive breast cancer 404 (47.52%) 807 (91.08%)
 First-breast cancer age onset (range) 40.03 ± 4.79 (26–54) 46.07 ± 10.69 (22–84)
 Bilateral breast cancer 4 (0.47%) 160 (18.06%)
 Estrogen receptor (ER) positive 618 (69.75%)
 Progesterone receptor (PR) positive 561 (63.32%)
Pancreatic cancer 13 (0.52%)
 Pancreatic cancer age onset (range) 55.10 ± 9.35 (36–75)
Ovarian cancer 9 (0.79%) 133 (5.36%)
 Ovarian cancer age onset (range) 45.83 ± 5.00 (36–50) 56.44 ± 13.16 (21–85)
 Having also breast cancer 4 20
Ethnicity (% Black) 401 (35.08%) 71 (2.86%)
Ashkenazi Jewish origin 12 (1.05%) 65 (2.29%)
Number of first-degree relatives with breast cancer 0.98 ± 1.05 0.25 ± 0.55
 Breast cancer patients 0.81 ± 1.05
 Relatives of breast cancer patients 1.49 ± 0.88
BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutations 32 (2.79%) 235 tested 209 (8.42%) 1052 tested

– Data not available