Disorders of lens
Description
cataract: Partial or complete opacity of the crystalline lens of one or both eyes that decreases visual acuity and eventually results in blindness. Some cataracts appear in infancy or in childhood, but most develop in older individuals. (Sternberg Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.)
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_LENS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H27/H25/H28/H26 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H28/H27/H26/H25 |
| Include | H7_CATARACTSENILE, H7_CATARACTOTHER, H7_APHAKIA, H7_LENSDISLOCATIO, H7_DISORDERLENSNAS |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 2 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 21994 | 12927 | 9067 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 12.62 | 13.03 | 12.07 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 69.27 | 69.66 | 68.72 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 7.18 | 5.73 | 9.25 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 37.84 | 37.77 | 37.95 |
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