Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Description
proliferative diabetic retinopathy: Later stage of diabetic retinopathy, characterized by neovascularisation of the retina
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_RETINOPATHYDIAB_PROLIF |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 5 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 865 | 378 | 487 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.65 | 0.5 | 0.85 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 46.69 | 45.65 | 47.49 |
| Median number of events / individual | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 76.65 | 80.16 | 73.92 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 7.86 | 5.56 | 9.65 |