Polycythaemia vera

Description

chronic myeloproliferative disorder: A clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder, characterized by proliferation in the bone marrow of one or more of the myeloid (i.e., granulocytic, erythroid, megakaryocytic, and mast cell) lineages. It is primarily a neoplasm of adults. (WHO 2008)

Data source
FinnGen phenocode POLYCYTVERA
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: D45, ICD-8: 208
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: D45, ICD-8: 208
First defined in version DF2, additional
Ontology
DOID 2226
GWAS catalog 0002428
MESH D011087
SNOMED CT 425333006

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 288 158 130
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.17 0.16 0.17
Mean age at first event (years) 61.8 61.71 61.92
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 5.9 6.96 4.62

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 12 9 14
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 77.43 76.58 78.46

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