Table 2

Comparison of mismatch repair variants between Chinese and non-Chinese populations

A. Coding variants
Non-Chinese*Chinese
MLH1 (210) MSH2 (248) MSH6 (493) PMS2 (215)Total (1166)
Total†Reported (%)TotalReported (%)TotalReported (%)TotalReported (%)TotalReported (%)
General population
gnomAD128692 (43.8)1685109 (44.0)2044185 (37.5)1531121 (56.3)6546507 (43.5)
ExAC94972 (34.3)100787 (35.1)1378136 (27.6)91698 (45.6)4250393 (33.7)
1000 genomes7201 (0.5)185210 (12.9)42911 (2.2)1936 (2.8)319428 (2.4)
Subtotal†225884 (40.0)2549109 (44.0)2646181 (36.7)1732117 (54.4)6927 491 (42.1)
Caner cohort
ClinVar2382114 (54.3)2961142 (57.3)3465220 (44.6)1791148 (68.8)10 599624 (53.5)
InSiGHT137551 (24.3)135242 (16.9)50655 (11.2)41452 (24.2)3647200 (17.2)
COGR12011 (5.2)12213 (5.2)10915 (3.0)447 (3.3)39546 (3.9)
UMD970 (0.0)24618 (7.3)512 (0.4)00 (0.0)39420 (1.7)
Subtotal†3644104 (49.5)4312121 (48.8)4061200 (40.6)2165128 (59.5)10 538 553 (47.4)
Total‡5852129 (61.4)7383168 (67.7)6184271 (55.0)3983167 (77.7)23 402 735 (63.0)
B. Non-coding variants
Non-ChineseChinese
MLH1 (3416) MSH2 (8629) MSH6 (2052) PMS2 (2424)Total (16 521)
TotalReported (%)TotalReported (%)TotalReported (%)TotalReported (%)TotalReported (%)
General population
gnomAD128665 (1.9)168581 (09)204436 (1.7)153158 (2.4)6546240 (1.4)
ExAC94946 (1.3)100751 (0.6)137826 (1.3)9165 (0.2)4250128 (0.8)
1000 genomes72018 (0.5)1852282 (3.3)42943 (2.1)19328 (1.2)3194371 (2.2)
Subtotal†225881 (2.4)254980 (0.9)264676 (3.7)173282 (3.4)6927 319 (1.9)
Cancer cohort
ClinVar238255 (1.6)296163 (0.7)346539 (1.9)179119 (0.8)10 599176 (1.1)
InSiGHT137533 (1.0)135245 (0.5)50619 (0.9)41422 (0.9)3647119 (0.7)
COGR1204 (0.1)1227 (0.1)1094 (0.2)443 (0.1)39518 (0.1)
UMD970 (0.0)2460 (0.0)510 (0.0)00 (0.0)3940 (0.0)
Subtotal†364451 (1.5)431267 (0.8)406138 (1.8)216525 (1.0)10 538 181 (1.1)
Total‡585295 (2.8)7383397 (4.6)618499 (4.8)398397 (4.0)23 402 688 (4.1)
  • The bold values refer to the sum in each and combined populations.

  • *254 MMR variants derived from ethnic Chinese in these databases were excluded for the comparison.

  • †Distinct variants in non-Chinese databases after combination.

  • ‡Distinct variants after combination of all variants in each column.