Diabetic polyneuropathy
Description
diabetic neuropathy: A chronic, pathological complication associated with diabetes mellitus, where nerve damages are incurred due to diabetic microvascular injury involving small blood vessels that supply these nerves, resulting in peripheral and/or autonomic nerve dysfunction.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | DM_POLYNEURO |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 212 | 79 | 133 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.23 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 63.85 | 63.77 | 63.9 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 29.72 | 31.65 | 28.57 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 12.26 | 11.39 | 12.78 |