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Table 2 Characteristics of breast cancer patients

From: HFE H63D mutation frequency shows an increase in Turkish women with breast cancer

Variable

HFE genotype

 

H63D alleleΨ

Wt/Wt ξ

Mean age at diagnosis in years (range)

42 (32–75)

40 (26–62)

Premenopausal at diagnosis

N = 22

N = 35

Familial

N = 8

N = 9

Early onset *

N = 12

N = 22

Sporadic

N = 31

N = 40

  1. Ψ Heterozygous patients for H63D allele.
  2. ξ Wt/Wt, homozygous wild-type.
  3. * Patients diagnosed at younger than 40 years.