Carpal tunnel syndrome
Description
carpal tunnel syndrome: Entrapment of the median nerve in the wrist that is characterized by numbness, tingling and painful movement.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_CARPTU |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G560 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G560 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 6692 | 4650 | 2042 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 5.05 | 6.19 | 3.56 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 53.63 | 53.02 | 55.02 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 46.74 | 47.48 | 45.05 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.21 | 0.82 | 2.11 |