Hypertensive diseases (excluding secondary)
Description
hypertension: Persistently high systemic arterial blood pressure. Based on multiple readings (blood pressure determination), hypertension is currently defined as when systolic pressure is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when diastolic pressure is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | FG_HYPERTENSION |
| Include | I9_HYPTENSESS, I9_HYPTENSPUL, I9_HYPTENSHR, I9_HYPTENS |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | C |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 43576 | 22253 | 21323 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 25.0 | 22.44 | 28.38 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 55.82 | 56.3 | 55.32 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 4.18 | 3.64 | 4.75 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 30.3 | 29.83 | 30.8 |
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