Table 4

Comparison of risk-related clinical characteristics between patients with germline pathogenic variant and noncarriers

GeneAll casesAge at diagnosisEarly-onset breast cancer (≤ 40 years)Premenopausal breast cancerBilateral breast cancerPositive family history of breast cancerPositive family history of any cancer
Mean ± SDPNo. of patients (%)PNo. of patients (%)PNo. of patients (%)PNo. of patients (%)PNo. of patients (%)P
Non-carriers7,41351.4 ± 11.6Ref1,276 (17.2)Ref3,839 (51.8)Ref184 (2.5)Ref626 (8.4)Ref2,323 (31.3)Ref
TP533041.8 ± 12.15.00 × 10−613 (43.3)1.61 × 10−426 (86.7)1.36 × 10−45 (16.7)8.51 × 10−44 (13.3)0.3216 (53.3)9.60 × 10−3
BRCA227947.8 ± 10.82.95 × 10−775 (26.9)3.10 × 10−5163 (58.4)0.0330 (10.8)1.64 × 10−1685 (30.5)1.13 × 10−35143 (51.3)2.60 × 10−12
BRCA114144.7 ± 9.31.01 × 10−1150 (35.5)1.68 × 10−8108 (76.6)5.15 × 10−910 (7.1)1.58 × 10−355 (39.0)3.84 × 10−3689 (63.1)1.06 × 10−15
PALB25247.6 ± 11.40.0213 (25.0)0.1432 (61.5)0.161 (1.9)1.009 (17.3)0.0431 (59.6)1.20 × 10−5
BARD11450.4 ± 9.30.732 (14.3)1.006 (42.9)0.500 (0.0)1.002 (14.3)0.769 (64.3)0.02
CHEK22450.3 ± 8.40.643 (12.5)0.7316 (66.7)0.151 (4.2)0.454 (16.7)0.2813 (54.2)0.03
RAD51D2846.3 ± 11.70.0210 (35.7)0.0219 (67.9)0.090 (0.0)1.001 (3.6)0.5612 (42.9)0.19
ATM2949.8 ± 13.60.458 (27.6)0.1418 (62.1)0.272 (6.9)0.166 (20.7)0.0418 (62.1)3.75 × 10−4
PTEN547.6 ± 7.00.460 (0.0)0.603 (60.0)1.002 (40.0)0.011 (20.0)0.361 (20.0)1.00
CDH1146.00.640 (0.0)1.001 (100.0)1.000 (0.0)1.000 (0.0)1.000 (0.0)1.00
STK11146.00.640 (0.0)1.001 (100.0)1.000 (0.0)1.000 (0.0)1.000 (0.0)1.00
NBN643.8 ± 4.30.111 (16.7)1.006 (100.0)0.030 (0.0)1.000 (0.0)1.002 (33.3)1.00
RAD501948.6 ± 14.20.296 (31.6)0.1810 (52.6)1.000 (0.0)1.002 (10.5)1.004 (21.1)0.33
BRIP1945.9 ± 9.30.154 (44.4)0.097 (77.8)0.181 (11.1)0.201 (11.1)0.553 (33.3)1.00
RAD51C254.0 ± 8.50.750 (0.0)1.000 (0.0)0.230 (0.0)1.000 (0.0)1.001 (50.0)0.53
In Total8,053#51.1 ± 11.61,461 (18.1)4,263 (52.9)236 (2.9)796 (9.9)2,665 (33.1)

#Fourteen patients carrying pathogenic variants in 2 different genes were excluded from clinical characteristics analysis. SD, standard deviation; BBC, bilateral breast cancer.