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Table 2 Characteristics of the UK Biobank participants by carrier status and polygenic risk score (PRS) strata

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

Carrier status

Carrier

Non carrier

PRS strata

High

Intermediate

Low

High

Intermediate

Low

Participants, n

74

247

78

32,628

97,863

32,626

Cases, n (%)

11 (14.86)

16 (6.48)

3 (3.85)

686 (2.1)

1004 (1.03)

182 (0.56)

Controls, n (%)

63 (85.14)

231 (93.52)

75 (96.15)

31,942 (97.9)

96,859 (98.97)

32,444 (99.44)

Male, n (%)

36 (48.65)

110 (44.53)

35 (44.87)

14,824 (45.43)

45,115 (46.1)

14,876 (45.6)

Female, n (%)

38 (51.35)

137 (55.47)

43 (55.13)

17,804 (54.57)

52,748 (53.9)

17,750 (54.4)

Age at assessment, mean (SD)

57.12 (8.89)

56.16 (9.15)

57.35 (8.42)

56.93 (8.52)

56.97 (8.51)

56.96 (8.53)

Family history of colorectal cancer, n (%)

17 (22.97)

53 (21.46)

18 (23.08)

4300 (13.18)

10,671 (10.9)

3005 (9.21)