Polymyositis
Description
myositis: An inflammatory disease involving a pathogenic inflammatory response in the muscle tissue.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | M13_POLYMYO |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: M332, ICD-8: 7161 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: M332, ICD-8: 7161 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 89 | 62 | 27 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 52.98 | 53.07 | 52.77 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 5.62 | 3.23 | 11.11 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 56.18 | 54.84 | 59.26 |
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