Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes
Description
retinal vasculitis: Inflammation of the retinal vasculature with various causes including infectious disease; lupus erythematosus, systemic; multiple sclerosis; behcet syndrome; and chorioretinitis.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_BCKRNDRETINOPAT |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H350, ICD-9: 3624A, ICD-8: 36701|37705|37709|37712 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H350, ICD-9: 3624A, ICD-8: 37705|37709|37712 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 183 | 93 | 90 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.16 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 53.94 | 55.32 | 52.52 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 39.34 | 35.48 | 43.33 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 2.73 | 2.15 | 3.33 |