Degenerative myopia
Description
pathological myopia: ['Excessive axial myopia associated with complications (especially posterior staphyloma and CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION) that can lead to BLINDNESS.']
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_DEGENMYOPIA |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H442, ICD-9: 3602A |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H442, ICD-9: 3602A |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 49 | 37 | 12 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 53.35 | 54.6 | 49.52 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 46.94 | 48.65 | 41.67 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 6.12 | 5.41 | 8.33 |