Sarcoidosis

Description

obsolete_sarcoidosis: ['An idiopathic inflammatory disorder characterized by the formation of non-necrotizing epithelioid granulomas which contain giant cells. It usually affects the lungs, lymph nodes, liver, and skin.', 'An idiopathic systemic inflammatory granulomatous disorder comprised of epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells with little necrosis. It usually invades the lungs with fibrosis and may also involve lymph nodes, skin, liver, spleen, eyes, phalangeal bones, and parotid glands.']

Data source
FinnGen phenocode D3_SARCOIDOSIS
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: D86, ICD-9: 135, ICD-8: 135
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: D86, ICD-9: 135, ICD-8: 135
KELA reimboursements codes 132
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 11335
GWAS catalog 0000690

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 1153 646 507
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.87 0.86 0.88
Mean age at first event (years) 45.62 46.22 44.86
Median number of events / individual 3 3 4

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 64.18 64.24 64.1
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 1.21 0.93 1.58

Associations