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Copyright ©2007 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2007; 13(20): 2858-2861
Published online May 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i20.2858
Table 1 Phenotype of different kinds of FAP families mean ± SD
Kinds of FAP familiesNumber of familiesFamilies withpositivefamily historyMean number ofcolorectal neoplasmsbMean number ofcolorectal cancerMean of the earliest age atdiagnosis in one family
CFAP21163.14 ± 1.591.29 ± 1.1032.9 ± 10.31
AFAP332.00 ± 0.001.50 ± 0.7142.0 ± 14.0
Suspected AFAP332.67 ± 0.580.67 ± 0.5825.0 ± 3.61
Table 2 Phenotype of different kinds of FAP families
Kinds of FAP familiesMean of the latest age atdiagnosis in one familybMean age ofsymptom appearingMean age of colorectalcancer developmentbExtra coloniccancers/colorectal neoplasmsPositive CHRPEfamilies/total checked families
CFAP41.75 ± 7.7526.56 ± 12.3642.23 ± 9.246/6611/12
AFAP58.67 ± 7.3737.50 ± 21.9257.33 ± 8.392/62/2
Suspected AFAP41.6 ± 10.0218.00 ± 4.2433.67 ± 13.5802/2
Table 3 Phenotype in FAP families with a different family history mean ± SD
Status of family historyNumber of familiesMean number ofcolorectal neoplasmsbMean number ofcolorectal cancersMean of the youngest age atdiagnosis of FAP in one familyb
Positive223.41 ± 1.221.68 ± 0.8229.95 ± 8.25
Negaitive51.00 ± 0.00046.80 ± 9.91
Table 4 Phenotype in FAP families with different family history mean ± SD
Status offamily historyMean of the latest age atdiagnosis in one familyMean age ofsymptom appearingMean age of colorectalcancer developmentExtra coloniccancers/colorectal neoplasmsbPositive CHRPE families/totalchecked families
Positive44.05 ± 9.6425.64 ± 12.3643.15 ± 11.485/7512/13
Negaitive33.33 ± 17.013/53/3