Table 2 Differences in APC mutation types between our study and the study by Aretz et al

From: Uncovering the genetic variation spectrum of colorectal polyposis from a multicentre cohort in China

 

APC mutation number

Point mutation N (%)

Large fragment deletion N (%)

Other

Frameshift mutation

Nonsense mutation

Splice mutation

Missense mutation

Aretz et al. (2005)

634

364 (57.4%)

182 (28.7%)

38 (6.0%)

13 (2.1%)

37 (5.8%)

0

Our study

85

39 (45.9%)

35 (41.2%)

1 (1.1%)

0

8 (9.4%)

2 (2.4%)

P value

 

0.0443

0.0187

0.0656

0.1828

0.2012

0.0001