Unspecified contracted kidney
Description
nephrosclerosis: Hardening of the walls of the small arteries and arterioles (small arteries that convey blood from arteries to the even smaller capillaries) of the kidney. This condition is caused by hypertension (high blood pressure)
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | N14_UNSPECKIDCONTR |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: N26, ICD-9: 587, ICD-8: 584 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: N26, ICD-9: 587, ICD-8: 584 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 31 | 21 | 10 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 44.98 | 44.32 | 46.37 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 29.03 | 28.57 | 30.0 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 6.45 | 9.52 | 0.0 |