Giant cell arteritis
Description
temporal arteritis: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis predominantly involving the arteries originating from the aortic arch and especially the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | M13_GIANTCELL |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: M316/M315 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: M315/M316 |
| Include | M13_TEMPARTERIT |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 317 | 210 | 107 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.14 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 68.49 | 68.88 | 67.74 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 9.15 | 7.14 | 13.08 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 55.84 | 55.24 | 57.01 |
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