Table 2.
FMR1 allelic distribution in BRCA1/2 carriers and the control population
| CGGn allele count | First allele | Second allele | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRCA | Population | BRCA | Population | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Low (n < 26) | 73 | 38·8 | 4745 | 30·20 | 2 | 1·1 | 473 | 3·01 |
| Normal (26 < n < 34) | 114 | 60·6 | 10 832 | 68·95 | 161 | 85·6 | 12 645 | 80·5 |
| High (34 < n < 55) | 1 | 0·5 | 118 | 0·75 | 24 | 12·8 | 2251 | 14·3 |
| Pre (55 < n < 200)* | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0·05 | 1 | 0·5 | 329 | 2·09 |
| Full (n > 200) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0·02 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0·06 |
*
Although the definition in Israel of permutation is currently 58 repeats, we elected to use the 55 repeats figure to facilitate comparison with the other studies.