Behçet disease
Description
Behcet's syndrome: Bechet disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, multisystemic vasculitis characterized by mucocutaneous lesions, as well as articular, vascular, ocular and central nervous system manifestations.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | M13_BEHCET |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: M352 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: M352 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Ontology
| DOID | 13241 |
| GWAS catalog | 0003780 |
| MESH | D000074079 |
| SNOMED CT | 310701003 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 33 | 24 | 9 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 49.64 | 49.81 | 49.21 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 6.06 | 8.33 | 0.0 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 54.55 | 62.5 | 33.33 |
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