Alzheimer’s disease, wide definition

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Description

Alzheimer's disease: A progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain leading to loss of cognitive function such as memory and language.

Data source

FinnGen phenocode	G6_AD_WIDE
Hospital Discharge registry	ICD-10: G30, ICD-8: 29010
Cause of Death registry	ICD-10: G30, ICD-8: 29010
KELA reimboursements codes	307
KELA reimbursements	ICD-10: G30
Medicine purchases: ATC codes	N06D
Include	F5_ALZHDEMENT
First defined in version	DF3

Ontology

DOID	10652
GWAS catalog	0000249
MESH	D000544
SNOMED CT	142811000119104

Key figures

Sex	All	Female	Male
Number of individuals	4466	2528	1938
Unadjusted prevalence (%)	2.56	2.55	2.58
Mean age at first event (years)	77.86	78.53	77.0
Case fatality at 5-years (%)	27.61	25.04	30.96

Longitudinal metrics

Sex	All	Female	Male
Median nb. of events per indiv.	9	9	8
Recurrence at 6 months (%)	85.38	85.24	85.55

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