Giant cell arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica

Description

polymyalgia rheumatica: Polymyalgia rheumatica is a common inflammatory condition that often affects people over the age of 50 years. Characteristic symptoms are shoulder and hip girdle pain and prolonged morning stiffness. Markers of inflammation are often elevated.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode GIANT_CELL_TEMP_ARTERITIS
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: M315
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: M315
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 853
GWAS catalog 0008518
MESH D011111
SNOMED CT 65323003

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 293 194 99
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.17 0.2 0.13
Mean age at first event (years) 68.58 68.79 68.15
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 9.56 7.22 14.14

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 2 2 3
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 54.61 53.09 57.58

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