Type 2 diabetes
Description
type II diabetes mellitus: A type of diabetes mellitus that is characterized by insulin resistance or desensitization and increased blood glucose levels. This is a chronic disease that can develop gradually over the life of a patient and can be linked to both environmental factors and heredity.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | E4_DM2 |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: E11 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: E11 |
| Medicine purchases: ATC codes | A10B |
| Include | E4_DM2COMA, E4_DM2KETO, E4_DM2REN, E4_DM2OPTH, E4_DM2NEU, E4_DM2PERIPH, E4_DM2NASCOMP, E4_DM2NOCOMP |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF3 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 26029 | 12040 | 13989 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 14.93 | 12.14 | 18.62 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 58.43 | 58.23 | 58.61 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 3.99 | 3.36 | 4.53 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 21 | 18 | 23 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 84.83 | 82.83 | 86.62 |
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