Transient ischemic attack
Description
transient ischemic attack: A brief attack (from a few minutes to an hour) of cerebral dysfunction of vascular origin, with no persistent neurological deficit.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_TIA |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G45, ICD-9: 435, ICD-8: 435 |
| Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-10 | G454 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G45, ICD-9: 435, ICD-8: 435 |
| Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-10 | G454 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 5365 | 2783 | 2582 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 4.05 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 64.6 | 64.81 | 64.36 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 17.41 | 17.46 | 17.35 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 8.11 | 7.51 | 8.75 |