Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Description
proliferative diabetic retinopathy: Later stage of diabetic retinopathy, characterized by neovascularisation of the retina
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | DM_RETINA_PROLIF |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-9: 3620B |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-9: 3620B |
| Operations: NOMESCO codes | ^CKC10|^CKC15|^CKC12|^CKC50 |
| Include | DM_RETINA_PROLIF_NOS_ET_OPER |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 4019 | 1782 | 2237 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 3.03 | 2.37 | 3.9 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 51.02 | 48.88 | 52.72 |
| Median number of events / individual | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 63.55 | 64.81 | 62.54 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 11.74 | 9.09 | 13.86 |