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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of exons 1–3 deletion carriers and point mutations carriers

From: Exons 1–3 deletion in FLCN is associated with increased risk of pneumothorax in Chinese patients with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

Characteristics

Exons 1–3 deletion (N = 11)

Point mutations (N = 65)

P value

Male/female

3/8

26/39

0.739

Age at diagnosis (yr)*

47 ± 12 (19–73)

44 ± 14 (18–76)

0.202

Smoking history (%)

1 (9)

7 (11)

1

Pulmonary manifestations (%)

 Cysts on chest CT

11/11 (100)

60/62 (97)

1

 Number of cysts

 < 10

1 (9)

7 (12)

1

 10–20

1 (9)

15 (25)

0.436

 > 20

9 (82)

38 (63)

0.312

 Size of maximum cysts (%)

 < 2 cm

0 (0)

12 (20)

0.191

 2–5 cm

7 (64)

31 (52)

0.527

 > 5 cm

4 (36)

17 (28)

0.721

 PTX (%)

10/11 (91)

38/65 (58)

0.047

 Age at onset of PTX (yr)*

36 ± 11 (19–58)

37 ± 12 (18–62)

0.753

 Number of PTX episodes*

2 ± 3 (1–11)

2 ± 2 (1–7)

0.752

Renal cancer (%)

2/11 (18)

2/55 (4)

0.126

Skin manifestations (%)

8/9 (89)

47/60 (78)

0.674

  1. PTX pneumothorax
  2. *Age at diagnosis, age at onset of PTX, and number of PTX episodes are presented as mean ± SD (range)