Table 2

 Distribution and relative frequency of common mutations (occurring in >2 patients) in 253 UK patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia with detected mutations

MutationMutation (old name)n (%)*
*Percentage of all detected LDLR mutations.
Mutations were designated according to http://www.hgvs.org/mutnomen/.
i3 splice donor c.313+1 G→A313+1 G→A27 (11.4)
p.E101Kp.E80K21 (8.9)
p.P685Lp.P664L16 (6.8)
p.G218delp.G197del12 (5.1)
Del exon 2–611 (4.7)
APOB–p.R3500QAPOB–p.R3500Q10
p.R350Xp.R329X9 (3.8)
PCSK9 – p.D374YPCSK9–p.D374Y7
p.E228Xp.E207X7 (3.0)
p.Q384X/p.D386Ep.Q363X/p.D365E7 (3.0)
p.D221Gp.D200G5 (2.1)
p.D482Hp.D461H5 (2.1)
p.C89Yp.C68Y4 (1.7)
p.D227fsp.D206fs4 (1.7)
Del exon 54 (1.7)
p.D221Np.D200N3 (1.3)
p.C313Xp.C292X3 (1.3)
p.C358Yp.C337Y3 (1.3)
p.G374fsp.G353fs3 (1.3)
p.L479Pp.L458P3 (1.3)
p.C677Rp.C656R3 (1.3)
p.I687fsp.I666fs3 (1.3)
Del exon 73 (1.3)
⩽280