Table 1 Reclassification outcomes of ClinVar P//LP variants with an allele frequency greater than 0.005a.

From: Reinterpretation of common pathogenic variants in ClinVar revealed a high proportion of downgrades

Reclassification, n (%)

B/LB/VUS

P/LP

Risk factor

All

Characteristic

B/LB

VUS

Total

All

46 (21)

41 (19)

87 (40)

126 (58)

5 (2)

217 (100)

Maximal allele frequency

   [0.005. 0.01)

2 (2)

22 (21)

24 (23)

80 (76)

1 (1)

105 (100)

   [0.01, 0.05)

19 (22)

18 (21)

37 (44)

45 (53)

3 (4)

85 (100)

   [0.05, 1)

25 (93)

1 (4)

26 (96)

0 (0)

1 (4)

27 (100)

Collection method

   Clinical testing

11 (9)

9 (8)

20 (17)

95 (81)

2 (2)

117 (100)

   Literature only

22 (29)

26 (34)

48 (63)

25 (33)

3 (4)

76 (100)

   Research

8 (57)

4 (29)

12 (86)

2 (14)

0 (0)

14 (100)

   Reference population

0 (0)

2 (40)

2 (40)

3 (60)

0 (0)

5 (100)

   Case-control

2 (100)

0 (0)

2 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (100)

   Not provided

3 (100)

0 (0)

3 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (100)

Last evaluated (year)

   2014 and earlier

17 (28)

23 (38)

40 (67)

18 (30)

2 (3)

60 (100)

   2015–2019

19 (13)

14 (10)

33 (23)

107 (75)

3 (2)

143 (100)

   Unspecified

10 (71)

4 (29)

14 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

14 (100)

Review status

   0 star

42 (41)

30 (29)

72 (71)

27 (26)

3 (3)

102 (100)

   1 star

4 (8)

11 (22)

15 (31)

34 (69)

0 (0)

49 (100)

   2 stars

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

64 (97)

2 (3)

66 (100)

  1. aPercentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
  2. Abbreviations: P: Pathogenic; LP: Likely pathogenic; VUS: Variant of uncertain significance; LB: Likely benign; B: Benign.