Dry age-related macular degeneration (includes geographic atrophy)

Description

age-related macular degeneration: Age-related loss of vision in the central portion of the retina (macula), secondary to retinal degeneration.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode DRY_AMD
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: H3530, ICD-9: 3625A
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: H3530, ICD-9: 3625A
Pre-conditions required EVENT_AGE>=50
Conditions required !DRY_AMD_EARLY
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 5
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 10871, 4448
GWAS catalog 0001365
MESH D057092
SNOMED CT 267718000

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 1825 1066 759
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.05 1.07 1.01
Mean age at first event (years) 74.39 75.02 73.5
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 10.19 9.1 11.73

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1 2 1
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 33.32 33.83 32.59

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