Diseases of inner ear

Description

vestibular disease: Pathological processes of the vestibular labyrinth which contains part of the balancing apparatus. Patients with vestibular diseases show instability and are at risk of frequent falls. [database_cross_reference: MESH:D015837]

Data source
FinnGen phenocode H8_INNER
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: H83/H81/H80
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: H81/H83/H80
Include H8_OTOSCLE, H8_VERTIGO, H8_LABYRINTHITIS, H8_LABYRFISTU, H8_LABYRDYSFUNC, H8_NOISEINNER, H8_INNERNAS
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 2
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 3426
GWAS catalog 0009691
MESH D007759

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 7153 4451 2702
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 4.1 4.49 3.6
Mean age at first event (years) 55.41 55.19 55.77
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 1.93 1.64 2.41

Heritability

SNP-h2 liability CI
0.04 [0.01, 0.08]

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1 1 1
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 24.97 26.0 23.28

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