Vitamin deficiency

Description

ascorbic acid deficiency: A condition due to a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), characterized by malaise, lethargy, and weakness. As the disease progresses, joints, muscles, and subcutaneous tissues may become the sites of hemorrhage. Ascorbic acid deficiency frequently develops into scurvy in young children fed unsupplemented cow's milk exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic alcoholism. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1177)

Data source
FinnGen phenocode VIT_DEF
Include E4_VIT_A_DEF, E4_THIA_DEF, E4_NIAC_DEF, E4_VIT_B_DEF, E4_VIT_C_DEF, E4_VIT_D_DEF, E4_VIT_E_DEF, E4_VIT_K_DEF, E4_VIT_NAS_DEF
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 13577
GWAS catalog 1000822
MESH D001361
SNOMED CT 76169001

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 470 282 188
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.27 0.28 0.25
Mean age at first event (years) 52.11 50.75 54.14
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 8.51 6.03 12.23

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1 1 1
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 15.32 15.6 14.89

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