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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2015 Sep 23;87(6):1215–1233. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.09.016

Table 3.

Contribution of De Novo Mutations to ASD Risk

Category of de novo mutation Mutations per sample
Percent of mutations contributing to ASD risk (95% CI)
Probands
Siblings
Probands
All Male Female All All Male Female
Deletions 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.01 69.1% (43.2%–85.4%) 64.6% (38.7%–83.2%) 83.7% (66.2%–91.9%)

Duplications 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.01 70.8% (48.3%–86.8%) 70.8% (55.3%–88.6%) 70.9% (0.0%–88.2%)

All CNVs 0.06 0.05 0.09 0.02 69.9% (55.1%–79.6%) 67.7% (49.2%–79.1%) 79.7% (56.9%–88.5%)

Nonsense 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.03 52.9% (33.8%–68.7%) 53.9% (34.6%–66.4%) 44.5% (0.0%–70.4%)

Splice Site 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.01 52.4% (18.9%–73.7%) 39.6% (0.0%–72.3%) 80.8% (57%–91.6%)

Frameshift 0.08 0.08 0.10 0.05 38.9% (14.8%–51.2%) 37.4% (21.1%–52.9%) 47.8% (4.9%–65.6%)

All LoF 0.17 0.16 0.21 0.09 45.9% (31.8%–55.5%) 43.9% (31.4%–53.8%) 56.6% (41.1%–67.7%)

All LoFs and CNVs 0.22 0.21 0.29 0.11 52.2% (45.2%–59.7%) 50.0% (41.0%–58.9%) 63.4% (49.4%–71.8%)
Category of de novo mutation Percent of cohort with a mutation
Percent of cases with a mutation contributing to ASD risk (95% CI)
Probands
Siblings
Probands
All Male Female All All Male Female
Deletions 3.1% 2.7% 6.0% 1.0% 2.2% (1.1%–3.2%) 1.8% (0.8%–2.5%) 5.0% (2.3%–8.4%)

Duplications 2.7% 2.7% 2.8% 0.8% 1.9% (1.2%–2.6%) 1.9% (1.0%–3.0%) 2.0% (0.2%–4.3%)

All CNVs 5.8% 5.3% 8.7% 1.7% 4.1% (2.6–5.7%) 3.6% (2.3%–4.9%) 7.0% (3.2%–11.4%)

Nonsense 5.9% 6.0% 5.0% 2.8% 3.1% (1.4–4.4%) 3.2% (1.8%–4.9%) 2.2% (0.0%–6.2%)

Splice Site 2.4% 1.9% 6.0% 1.1% 1.3% (0.5–2.3%) 0.7% (0.0%–1.5%) 4.8% (1.5%–8.8%)

Frameshift 7.8% 7.7% 8.7% 4.8% 3.0% (1.2–4.8%) 2.9% (1.2%–4.4%) 3.9% (0.2%–7.5%)

All LoF 15.4% 14.9% 18.8% 8.5% 6.9% (4.9–8.9%) 6.4% (3.9%–8.8%) 10.3% (6.3%–16.2%)

All LoFs and CNVs 20.6% 19.7% 26.6% 10.1% 10.5% (7.8–13.1%) 9.6% (6.8%–12.0%) 16.6% (11.4%–22.6%)