Table 4 Minimal sclerosis in BRCA1, BRCA2, and PALB2 mutation-associated tumours and in non-carriers of high-risk mutations

From: Tumour morphology predicts PALB2 germline mutation status

 

Minimal sclerosis

 
 

Present N (%)

Absent N (%)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P -value

Non-carriers

30 (3.9)

734 (95.3)

  

PALB2 mutation carriers

14 (50)

14 (50)

PALB2 vs non-carriers

 
   

19.7 (6–64.6)

5 × 10−7

BRCA1 mutation carriers

9 (22.5)

31 (77.5)

BRCA1 vs non-carriers

 
   

3.15 (1.3–7.7)

0.01

BRCA2 mutation carriers

2 (11.1)

16 (88.9)

BRCA2 vs non-carriers

 
   

1.29 (0.27–6.17)

0.8

  1. Abbreviation: CI=confidence interval.