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
Ontology
DOID 11829
GWAS catalog 0004207

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

Associations