Type 2 diabetes

Description

type II diabetes mellitus: A type of diabetes mellitus that is characterized by insulin resistance or desensitization and increased blood glucose levels. This is a chronic disease that can develop gradually over the life of a patient and can be linked to both environmental factors and heredity.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode E4_DM2
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: E11
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: E11
Medicine purchases: ATC codes A10B
Include E4_DM2COMA, E4_DM2KETO, E4_DM2REN, E4_DM2OPTH, E4_DM2NEU, E4_DM2PERIPH, E4_DM2NASCOMP, E4_DM2NOCOMP
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF3
Ontology
DOID 9352
GWAS catalog 0001360
MESH D003924
SNOMED CT 44054006

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 20971 9868 11103
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 15.82 13.13 19.34
Mean age at first event (years) 58.38 58.12 58.61
Median number of events / individual 22 20 24

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 87.58 85.65 89.29
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 4.66 3.8 5.42

Associations