Sleep apnoea
Description
obstructive sleep apnea: Cessation of air flow during sleep due to upper airway obstruction.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_SLEEPAPNO |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G473 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G473 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 9096 | 3211 | 5885 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 6.86 | 4.27 | 10.25 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 55.38 | 56.29 | 54.89 |
| Median number of events / individual | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 71.99 | 69.32 | 73.44 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.8 | 0.87 | 2.31 |