conjunctival degenerations and deposits
Description
pinguecula: A yellowish thickened lesion on the conjunctiva near the cornea representing a benign degenerative change in the conjunctiva caused by the leakage and deposition of certain blood proteins through the permeable capillaries near the limbus.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_CONJUNCTDEGDEPOT |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H111 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H111 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 261 | 167 | 94 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.13 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 52.18 | 51.09 | 54.12 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.15 | 1.2 | 1.06 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 9.96 | 7.19 | 14.89 |
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