Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Description
autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura: An autoimmune disorder in which the number of circulating platelets is reduced due to their antibody-mediated destruction. ITP is a diagnosis of exclusion and is heterogeneous in origin.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | D3_ITP |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: D693, ICD-9: 2873A, ICD-8: 28710 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: D693, ICD-9: 2873A, ICD-8: 28710 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 233 | 122 | 111 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.19 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 50.64 | 46.62 | 55.05 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 52.79 | 51.64 | 54.05 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 7.3 | 3.28 | 11.71 |