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. 2020 Feb 13;11:54. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00054

Table 2.

Summary of telomeric SMN1, exons 7 and 8 and centromeric SMN2, exons 7 and 8 copy number across various patient and control groups.

Genotype Definition of genotype Copy number Telomeric SMN region Centromeric SMN region
SMN1, exon 7 SMN1, exon 8 SMN2, exon 7 SMN2, exon 8
N/Nb
(n = 122)
Negative black controls 0 0 (0%) 1 (0.8%) 15 (12.3%) 33 (27%)
1 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 20 (16.4%) 55 (45.1%)
2 60 (49.2%) 54 (44.3%) 73 (59.8%) 31 (25.4%)
>2 62 (50.8%) 67 (54.9%) 14 (11.5%) 3 (2.5%)
N/Nw
(n = 30)
Negative white controls 0 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (6.7%) 2 (6.7%)
1 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 8 (26.6%) 12 (40%)
2 29 (96.7%) 28 (93.3%) 18 (60%) 14 (46.6%)
>2 1 (3.3%) 2 (6.7%) 2 (6.7%) 2 (6.7%)
M1/M1b
(n = 75)
Black patients with homozygous SMN1, exon 7 deletion (Mutation 1) 0 75 (100%) 38 (50.7%) 0 (0%) 8 (10.7%)
1 0 (0%) 22 (29.3%) 4 (5.3%) 15 (20%)
2 0 (0%) 12 (16%) 63 (84%) 49 (65.3%)
>2 0 (0%) 3 (4%) 8 (10.7%) 3 (4%)
M1/M1w
(n = 30)
White patients with homozygous SMN1, exon 7 deletion (Mutation 1) 0 30 (100%) 24 (80%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
1 0 (0%) 4 (13.3%) 2 (6.7%) 5 (16.7%)
2 0 (0%) 2 (6.7%) 17 (56.7%) 13 (43.3%)
>2 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 11 (36.7%) 12 (40%)
M2/M2b
(n = 50)
Black patients with homozygous SMN2, exon 7 deletion (Mutation 2) 0 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 50 (100%) 49 (98%)
1 2 (4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%)
2 16 (32%) 21 (42%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
>2 32 (64%) 29 (58%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
M2/M2w
(n = 8)
White patients with homozygous SMN2, exon 7 deletion (Mutation 2) 0 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 8 (100%) 8 (100%)
1 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
2 5 (62.5%) 5 (62.5%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
>2 3 (37.5%) 3 (37.5%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
U/Ub
(n = 72)
Black patients clinically suggestive of SMA and negative for a homozygous deletion of SMN1, exon 7 (unknown) 0 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 10 (13.9%) 17 (23.6%)
1 6 (8.3%) 5 (6.9%) 8 (11.1%) 33 (45.8%)
2 38 (52.8%) 31 (43.1%) 51 (70.8%) 19 (26.4%)
>2 28 (38.9%) 36 (50%) 3 (4.2%) 3 (4.2%)