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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Cancer. 2019 Oct;18(4):465–469. doi: 10.1007/s10689-019-00144-6

Table 1:

Demographic and Clinical Histories

A. Positive Personal History of Cancera
European Hispanic African Asian and Pacific Islander
Caucasian (5243); Ashkenazi Jewish (579) Hispanic (267) African (128) Asian, not specified (96); Chinese (64); Filipino (33); Indian (10); Japanese (29); Pacific Islander (3)
Cohort size 5822 267 128 235
Gender
 Male 1492 33 47 38
 Female 4330 234 81 197
HBOC & LS
 P/LPb 251/5822 = 4.3% 17/267 = 6.4% 10/128 = 7.8% 21/235 = 8.9%*
 VUSc 355/5822 = 6.1% 23/267 = 8.6% 24/128 = 18.8%** 39/235 = 16.6%**
Other cancer genes
 P/LP 561/5822 = 9.6% 19/267 = 7.1% < 5 individuals*** 15/235 = 6.4%
 VUS 778/5822 = 13.4% 46/267 = 17.2% 24/128 = 18.8% 56/235 = 23.8%**
Reported cancer typesd
 Breast 3245 (52.2%) 193 (70.2%) 67 (50.8%) 165 (67.6%)
 Colorectal 276 (4.4%) 11 (4.0%) 9 (6.8%) 19 (7.8%)
 Gastric 21 (0.3%) 2 (0.7%) 2 (1.5%) 2 (0.8%)
 Melanoma 892 (14.3%) 6 (2.2%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.4%)
 Ovarian 229 (3.7%) 17 (6.2%) 4 (3.0%) 17 (7.0%)
 Pancreatic 136 (2.2%) 6 (2.2%) 6 (4.5%) 8 (3.3%)
 Prostate 1203 (19.3%) 25 (9.1%) 41 (31.1%) 24 (9.8%)
 Uterine 218 (3.5%) 15 (5.5%) 3 (2.3%) 8 (3.3%)
Mean Age of Onset ± Standard Deviation
 Breast 52.98 ± 10.90 47.57 ± 9.67 50.22 ± 10.08 49.16 ± 10.71
 Colorectal 55.34 ± 13.86 51.27 ± 8.21 47.11 ± 10.88 49.74 ± 12.89
 Gastric 62.24 ± 15.87 35.50 ± 0.71 35.00 ± 9.90 52.00 ± 11.31
 Melanoma 46.22 ± 14.42 41.00 ± 18.12 N/A 21.00
 Ovarian 50.28 ± 15.16 46.75 ± 10.42 35.50 ± 12.79 50.69 ± 19.37
 Pancreatic 64.11 ± 10.70 53.17 ± 13.01 62.80 ± 6.14 58.00 ± 11.06
 Prostate 61.41 ± 8.41 54.80 ± 8.49 55.20 ± 8.37 61.58 ± 9.57
 Uterine 50.00 ± 14.53 41.60 ± 15.12 50.00 ± 13.00 47.63 ± 12.28
B. Negative Personal History of Cancer
European Hispanic African Asian and Pacific Islander
Caucasian (28538); Ashkenazi Jewish (3382) Hispanic (1700) African (462) Asian, not specified (1335); Chinese (877); Filipino (180); Indian (98); Japanese (96); Pacific Islander (16)
Cohort size 31920 1700 462 2602
Gender
 Male 5683 263 101 1145
 Female 26237 1437 361 1457
HBOC & LS
 P/LP 1196/31920 = 3.7% 59/1700 = 3.5% 14/462 = 3% 70/2602 = 2 7%****
 VUS 1837/31920 = 5.8% 120/1700 = 7 l%***** 57/462 = 12.3%** 340/2602 = 13.1%**
Other cancer genes
 P/LP 2410/31920 = 7.6% 86/1700 = 5.1%** 11/462 = 2.4%** 112/2602 = 4.3%**
 VUS 3887/31920 = 12.2% 275/1700 = 16.2%** 100/462 = 21.6%** 636/2602 = 24.4%**
a

Breast, Colorectal, Gastric, Melanoma, Ovarian, Pancreatic, Prostate, Uterine

b

Pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants

c

Variants of uncertain significance

d

Some individuals with multiple cancer types

*

p=0.001

**

p<0.001

***

p=0.019

****

p=0.006

*****

p=0.029