Temporal arteritis
Description
temporal arteritis: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis predominantly involving the arteries originating from the aortic arch and especially the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | M13_TEMPARTERIT |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: M315 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: M315 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 5 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 293 | 194 | 99 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.17 | 0.2 | 0.13 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 68.58 | 68.79 | 68.15 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 9.56 | 7.22 | 14.14 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 54.61 | 53.09 | 57.58 |
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