Conjunctivitis
Description
conjunctivitis: Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye. [ NCIT:P378 ]
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Include | H7_CONJUNCTIVITISACUNONATOPIC, H7_USEOFEYEANTIALLERGENS, H7_CONJUNCTIVITISATOPIC, H7_CONJUNCTIVITISCHRON |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 18608 | 13322 | 5286 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 14.04 | 17.73 | 9.21 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 42.75 | 43.27 | 41.45 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 21.81 | 23.89 | 16.55 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 0.96 | 0.77 | 1.42 |