Alzheimer’s disease (Late onset)

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 AD_LO
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: G301
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: G301
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 10652
GWAS catalog 0000249
MESH D000544
SNOMED CT 142811000119104

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 2143 1279 864
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.23 1.29 1.15
Mean age at first event (years) 79.53 80.08 78.71
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 37.61 34.4 42.36

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 2 2 2
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 40.9 39.98 42.25

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