Diabetic neuropathy
Description
diabetic neuropathy: A chronic, pathological complication associated with diabetes mellitus, where nerve damages are incurred due to diabetic microvascular injury involving small blood vessels that supply these nerves, resulting in peripheral and/or autonomic nerve dysfunction.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | DM_NEUROPATHY |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-8: 25005 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-8: 25005 |
| Include | DM_MONONEURO, DM_POLYNEURO, DM_AMYOTROPHY, DM_AUTONOMIC |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 939 | 371 | 568 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.71 | 0.49 | 0.99 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 55.36 | 54.19 | 56.12 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 39.62 | 38.27 | 40.49 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 10.33 | 6.2 | 13.03 |