Suppurative and unspecified otitis media

Description

Otitis media: Inflammation of the anatomical structures of the middle ear, which is most often caused by an infectious process. Symptoms include erythema and edema of the tympanic membrane, pain, and possibly fever.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode H8_MED_SUPP
Include H8_SUP_ACUTE, H8_CHRON_SUPOTITIS, H8_SUP_OTINAS, H8_OTIMEDNAS
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 10754
GWAS catalog 0004992
MESH D010033
SNOMED CT 65363002

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 5507 3053 2454
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 3.16 3.08 3.27
Mean age at first event (years) 20.02 20.67 19.21
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 0.85 0.52 1.26

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1 1 1
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 13.44 12.91 14.1

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