Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body
Description
corneal neovascularization: New blood vessels originating from the corneal veins and extending from the limbus into the adjacent corneal stroma. Neovascularization in the superficial and/or deep corneal stroma is a sequel to numerous inflammatory diseases of the ocular anterior segment, such as trachoma, viral interstitial keratitis, microbial keratoconjunctivitis, and the immune response elicited by corneal transplantation.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_SCLERACORNEA |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H16/H15/H22/H20/H17/H18/H21 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H17/H18/H15/H22/H21/H16/H20 |
| Include | H7_SCLERITISEPISCLERITIS, H7_SCLERANAS, H7_KERATITIS, H7_CORNEALOTH, H7_IRIDOCYCLITIS, H7_OTHIRISCILIARY |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 2 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 7295 | 4070 | 3225 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 4.18 | 4.1 | 4.29 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 49.16 | 49.27 | 49.02 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 2.67 | 2.11 | 3.38 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 26.96 | 27.89 | 25.8 |
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