Cardiovascular diseases (excluding rheumatic etc)

Description

cardiovascular disease: A disease involving the cardiovascular system.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode FG_CVD
Include FG_HYPERTENSION, I9_ISCHHEART, I9_PULMEMB, FG_OTHHEART, FG_CEREBVASC, FG_DOAAC, FG_DISVEINLYMPH, FG_OTH
Level in the ICD-hierarchy C
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 1287
GWAS catalog 0000319
MESH D002318
SNOMED CT 49601007

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 79685 42069 37616
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 45.71 42.42 50.06
Mean age at first event (years) 51.81 50.38 53.41
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 3.44 2.51 4.49

Heritability

SNP-h2 liability CI
0.06 [0.03, 0.08]

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 3 3 4
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 53.41 48.17 59.37

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