Diabetic polyneuropathy
Description
diabetic neuropathy: A chronic, pathological complication associated with diabetes mellitus, where nerve damages are incurred due to diabetic microvascular injury involving small blood vessels that supply these nerves, resulting in peripheral and/or autonomic nerve dysfunction.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | DM_POLYNEURO |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 267 | 90 | 177 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.24 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 62.83 | 62.7 | 62.9 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 10.49 | 10.0 | 10.73 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 29.96 | 32.22 | 28.81 |
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