Other and/or unspecified nontoxic goitre
Description
goiter: Enlargement of the thyroid gland usually caused by lack of iodine in the diet, hyperthyroidism, or thyroid nodules. Symptoms include difficulty in breathing and swallowing.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | E4_GOITRENAS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: E049/E048 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: E049/E048 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 750 | 650 | 100 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.57 | 0.87 | 0.17 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 54.42 | 53.85 | 58.11 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 26.0 | 25.85 | 27.0 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.47 | 1.08 | 4.0 |