Lichen simplex chronicus

Description

lichen disease: a long-term skin condition that mainly affects the skin of the genitals. It usually causes itching and white patches to appear on the affected skin.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode L12_LICHENSIMPLEX
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: L280, ICD-9: 6983B, ICD-8: 6983
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: L280, ICD-9: 6983B, ICD-8: 6983
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 8574
GWAS catalog 1000724
MESH D009450
SNOMED CT 88996004

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
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Number of individuals
338 187 151
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Unadjusted prevalence (%)
0.19 0.19 0.2
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Mean age at first event (years)
51.75 51.12 52.54
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Case fatality at 5-years (%)
2.66 1.6 3.97

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
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Median nb. of events per indiv.
1 1 1
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Recurrence at 6 months (%)
31.95 31.55 32.45

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