Diabetic neuropathy
Description
diabetic neuropathy: A chronic, pathological complication associated with diabetes mellitus, where nerve damages are incurred due to diabetic microvascular injury involving small blood vessels that supply these nerves, resulting in peripheral and/or autonomic nerve dysfunction.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | DM_NEUROPATHY |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-8: 25005 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-8: 25005 |
| Include | DM_MONONEURO, DM_POLYNEURO, DM_AMYOTROPHY, DM_AUTONOMIC |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 1125 | 434 | 691 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.65 | 0.44 | 0.92 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 54.81 | 52.94 | 55.98 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 9.33 | 5.76 | 11.58 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 40.89 | 39.4 | 41.82 |
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