Table 4

Cumulative incidence colon and sigmoidal-rectal cancer stratified by age, path_MMR variant and gender. There was no observed colon or sigmoid-rectal cancer in path_PMS2 carriers in any age group (see table 3)

AgeCumulative incidence by age (% (95% CI))
path_MLH1 path_MSH2 path_MSH6
FemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMales
Colon cancer (ICD9=153)4010.4 (5.2 to 15.6)15.4 (9.0 to 21.9)10.1 (2.9 to 17.3)7.4 (1.2 to 13.6)00
5018.8 (12.6to 25.0)33.3 (25.5 to 41.1)23.8 (14.8 to 32.8)15.8 (7.2 to 24.3)0
6028.1 (20.9 to 35.2)45.2 (36.6 to 53.8)*31.4 (21.9 to 41.0)21.5 (11.3 to 31.6)
7037.3 (28.5 to 46.1)45.2 (36.6 to 53.8)44.7 (33.7 to 55.7)32.4 (17.7 to 47.2)
7542.1 (31.8 to 52.5)50.8 (40.1 to 61.5)44.7 (33.7 to 55.7)42.6 (20.4 to 64.9)
Sigmoid- rectal cancer(ICD9=154)401.4 (0.0 to 3.3)1.9 (0.0 to 4.1)01.3 (0.0 to 3.8)00
502.9 (0.3 to 5.4)3.6 (0.8 to 6.4)1.0 (0.0 to 3.0)8.9 (3.0 to 14.7)00
606.1 (2.4 to 9.8)6.5 (2.6 to 10.5)4.0 (0.2 to 7.8)17.9 (9.2 to 26.5)4.6 (0.0 to 10.7)0
7010.2 (4.9 to 15.6)7.6 (3.2 to 12.1)8.2 (2.2 to 14.3)20.7 (10.7 to 30.7)7.0to (0.0 to 14.6)0
7511.7 (5.7 to 17.7)11.7 (4.7 to 18.7)12.9 (4.4 to 21.3)26.0 (12.3 to 39.7)7.0 (0.0 to 14.6)0
  • *Increased (p<0.05) compared with same-aged females.

  • **Lower (p<0.05) than in path_MLH1 or path_MSH2 carrier with same gender and age.