Other and unspecified degenerative diseases of nervous system

Description

Lewy body dementia: ['A progressive form of dementia characterized by the presence of protein deposits called Lewy bodies in the midbrain and cerebral cortex, and loss of cholinergic and dopaminergic neurons. The signs and symptoms overlap with Alzheimer and Parkinson disease.']

Data source
FinnGen phenocode G6_DEGENOTH
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: G318/G319, ICD-8: 32303
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: G319/G318, ICD-8: 32303
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 12217
GWAS catalog 0006792

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 157 72 85
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.12 0.1 0.15
Mean age at first event (years) 64.6 62.25 66.59
Median number of events / individual 2 2 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 39.49 48.61 31.76
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 31.85 23.61 38.82

Associations