Temporal arteritis
Description
temporal arteritis: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis predominantly involving the arteries originating from the aortic arch and especially the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | M13_TEMPARTERIT |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: M315 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: M315 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 5 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 234 | 151 | 83 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.18 | 0.2 | 0.14 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 68.61 | 68.92 | 68.06 |
| Median number of events / individual | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 57.69 | 56.29 | 60.24 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 10.26 | 7.28 | 15.66 |