Disorders of iron metabolism

Description

hereditary hemochromatosis type 1: Hemochromatosis type 1 (classic) is the most common form of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), a group of diseases characterized by excessive tissue iron deposition. Due to its incidence (1/200-1/1000), it is not considered as a rare disease, unlike the other subforms of the disease

Data source
FinnGen phenocode E4_IRON_MET
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: E831
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: E831
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 0111029
GWAS catalog 0006513
MESH D006432

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 101 40 61
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.06 0.04 0.08
Mean age at first event (years) 54.54 54.92 54.29
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.97 0.0 4.92

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 3 2 4
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 58.42 50.0 63.93

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