Other inflammation of eyelid

Description

blepharitis: Inflammation of the eyelids near the eyelashes.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode H7_EYELIDINFLAMMATION
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: H01, ICD-9: 373, ICD-8: 361
Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-9 373[1-2]
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: H01, ICD-9: 373, ICD-8: 361
Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-9 373[1-2]
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 9423
GWAS catalog 0009536
MESH D001762
SNOMED CT 41446000

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 762 488 274
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.57 0.65 0.48
Mean age at first event (years) 56.42 54.61 59.64
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 14.3 14.96 13.14
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 3.28 2.25 5.11

Associations