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. 2021 Jul 21;11:14906. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-94403-1

Table 2.

Rates of positive BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations; subgroup analysis.

Variable Total Positive Mutations
BRCA1 BRCA2 BRCA1& BRCA2 P-Value*
Age at diagnosis (years)  ≤ 35 341 16 34 50 (14.7%) 0.017
 > 35 275 9 16 25 (9.1%)
One or more close relative with breast cancer at any age Yes 305 9 37 46 (15.1%) 0.029
No 311 15 14 29 (9.3%)
One or more close relatives with breast cancer diagnosed at age 50 years or younger Yes 153 3 24 27 (17.6%) 0.017
No 463 22 26 48 (10.4%)
Diagnosed at ≤ 60 years with triple negative disease Yes 69 16 7 23 (33.3%)  < 0.001
No 547 9 43 52 (9.5%)
Any age with at least 2 breast cancer primaries Yes 48 6 8 14 (29.2%)  < 0.001
No 568 19 42 61 (10.7%)
Two or more close relatives with breast cancer Yes 97 5 24 29 (30.0%)  < 0.001
No 519 20 26 46 (8.9%)
All patients 616 25 50 75 (12.2%)