conjunctival degenerations and deposits
Description
pinguecula: A yellowish thickened lesion on the conjunctiva near the cornea representing a benign degenerative change in the conjunctiva caused by the leakage and deposition of certain blood proteins through the permeable capillaries near the limbus.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_CONJUNCTDEGDEPOT |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H111 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H111 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 213 | 140 | 73 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.13 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 52.5 | 51.66 | 54.13 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 9.39 | 7.14 | 13.7 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.41 | 1.43 | 1.37 |