Inflammatory bowel disease
Description
inflammatory bowel disease: A spectrum of small and large bowel inflammatory diseases of unknown etiology. It includes Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and colitis of indeterminate type.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | K11_IBD |
| Include | K11_CROHN, K11_ULCER, K11_KELAIBD |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | C |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 2941 | 1594 | 1347 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 2.22 | 2.12 | 2.35 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 43.34 | 42.05 | 44.86 |
| Median number of events / individual | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 62.97 | 61.86 | 64.29 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 2.41 | 2.01 | 2.9 |