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Table 1 Characteristics of the 163,516 UK Biobank participants by colorectal cancer (CRC) status

From: Clinically relevant combined effect of polygenic background, rare pathogenic germline variants, and family history on colorectal cancer incidence

 

Cases

Controls

Participants, n

1902

161,614

Male, n (%)

1017 (53.47)

73,979 (45.78)

Female, n (%)

885 (46.53)

87,635 (54.22)

Age, mean (SD)

60.96 (8.56)

56.91 (8.51)

Carriers, n (%)

30 (1.58)

369 (0.23)

Family history of colorectal cancer, n (%)

368 (19.35)

17,696 (10.95)