Dementia in Alzheimer disease

Description

Alzheimer's disease: A progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain leading to loss of cognitive function such as memory and language.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode F5_ALZHDEMENT
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-8: 29010
Cause of Death registry ICD-8: 29010
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF3
Ontology
DOID 10652
GWAS catalog 0000249
MESH D000544
SNOMED CT 142811000119104

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 1782 1078 704
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.02 1.09 0.94
Mean age at first event (years) 79.14 79.74 78.23
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 40.85 36.55 47.44

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 2 2 2
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 39.31 39.68 38.75

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