Other and unspecified myopathies
Description
myopathy: a disease of the muscle in which the muscle fibers do not function properly. This results in muscular weakness.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_MYOPOTHUNS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G728/G729, ICD-9: 3594B |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G728/G729, ICD-9: 3594B |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 638 | 297 | 341 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.48 | 0.4 | 0.59 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 59.76 | 60.8 | 58.85 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 18.97 | 18.86 | 19.06 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 17.71 | 16.16 | 19.06 |