Relapsing polychondritis
Description
relapsing polychondritis: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare, clinically heterogeneous, multisystemic inflammatory disease characterized by inflammation of the cartilage and proteoglycan rich structures leading to cartilage damage with joint, ocular and cardiovascular involvement.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | M13_RELAPSPOLYCHONDR |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: M941 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: M941 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 24 | 17 | 7 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 51.25 | 49.63 | 55.18 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 62.5 | 58.82 | 71.43 |
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