Carpal tunnel syndrome
Description
carpal tunnel syndrome: Entrapment of the median nerve in the wrist that is characterized by numbness, tingling and painful movement.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_CARPTU |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G560 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G560 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 8576 | 5975 | 2601 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 4.92 | 6.02 | 3.46 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 53.37 | 52.66 | 54.98 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.73 |
Heritability
| SNP-h2 liability | CI |
| 0.13 | [0.09, 0.17] |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 47.42 | 48.17 | 45.71 |
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