Type 2 diabetes
Description
type II diabetes mellitus: A type of diabetes mellitus that is characterized by insulin resistance or desensitization and increased blood glucose levels. This is a chronic disease that can develop gradually over the life of a patient and can be linked to both environmental factors and heredity.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | E4_DM2 |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: E11 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: E11 |
| Medicine purchases: ATC codes | A10B |
| Include | E4_DM2COMA, E4_DM2KETO, E4_DM2REN, E4_DM2OPTH, E4_DM2NEU, E4_DM2PERIPH, E4_DM2NASCOMP, E4_DM2NOCOMP |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF3 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 20971 | 9868 | 11103 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 15.82 | 13.13 | 19.34 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 58.38 | 58.12 | 58.61 |
| Median number of events / individual | 22 | 20 | 24 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 87.58 | 85.65 | 89.29 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 4.66 | 3.8 | 5.42 |