Table 1 Genetic test characteristics by laboratory setting
Test characteristicAcademic/Hospital
(N = 6312)
Company
(N = 13437)
Institute/Center
(N = 2634)
Other
(N = 1616)
Mutation type, No (%)a
Germline6282 (99.5)13315 (99.1)2625 (99.7)1607 (99.4)
Somatic28 (0.4)68 (0.5)8 (0.3)9 (0.6)
Unknown2 (0.0)54 (0.4)1 (0.0)0 (0.0)
Genes tested, No (%)b
Single gene5772 (91.4)12431 (92.5)2503 (95.0)1360 (84.2)
Multiple genes540 (8.6)1006 (7.5)131 (5.0)256 (15.8)
  • a p < 0.001 comparing distribution of mutation types by Laboratory setting

  • b p < 0.001 comparing distribution of genes number by Laboratory setting