Eating disorders
Description
eating disorder: A broad group of psychological disorders with abnormal eating behaviors leading to physiological effects from overeating or insufficient food intake.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | F5_EATING |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: F50 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: F50 |
| Include | F5_ANOREX, F5_BULIMIA, F5_EATOTH |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | C |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 1427 | 1168 | 259 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.82 | 1.18 | 0.34 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 25.98 | 25.45 | 28.36 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.19 | 0.6 | 3.86 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 48.07 | 55.39 | 15.06 |
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