Vitiligo
Description
Vitiligo: Generalized well circumscribed patches of leukoderma that are generally distributed over symmetric body locations and is due to autoimmune destruction of melanocytes.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | L12_VITILIGO |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: L80, ICD-9: 7090F, ICD-8: 70905 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: L80, ICD-9: 7090F, ICD-8: 70905 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 107 | 59 | 48 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 42.37 | 41.99 | 42.84 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.87 | 0.0 | 4.17 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 31.78 | 35.59 | 27.08 |
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