Muscular dystrophy
Description
obsolete_muscular dystrophy: ['An atrophic muscular disease that causes progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles used during voluntary movement.']
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_MUSDYST |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G710, ICD-9: 3591A, ICD-8: 33030|33090 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G710, ICD-9: 3591A, ICD-8: 33030|33090 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 58 | 36 | 22 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 50.95 | 54.35 | 45.39 |
| Median number of events / individual | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 55.17 | 52.78 | 59.09 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 3.45 | 2.78 | 4.55 |