Hypopituitarism

Description

hypopituitarism: A condition of diminution or cessation of secretion of one or more hormones from the anterior pituitary gland. This may result from surgical or radiation ablation, non-secretory pituitary neoplasms, metastatic tumors, infarction, pituitary apoplexy, infiltrative or granulomatous processes, and other conditions.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode E4_HYPOPIT
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: E230, ICD-8: 2531
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: E230, ICD-8: 2531
KELA reimboursements codes 101
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 9406
GWAS catalog 0001380
MESH D007018
SNOMED CT 74728003

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 421 166 255
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.32 0.22 0.44
Mean age at first event (years) 46.76 44.58 48.18
Median number of events / individual 3 3 3

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 58.19 56.63 59.22
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 4.28 1.81 5.88

Associations