Diabetic retinopathy
Description
diabetic retinopathy: A chronic, pathological complication associated with diabetes mellitus, where retinal damages are incurred due to microaneurysms in the vasculature of the retina, progressively leading to abnormal blood vessel growth, and swelling and leaking of fluid from blood vessels, resulting in vision loss or blindness.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_RETINOPATHYDIAB |
| Include | H7_RETINOPATHYDIAB_BKG, H7_MACULOPATHYDIAB, H7_RETINOPATHYDIAB_BKG_SEVERE, H7_RETINOPATHYDIAB_PROLIF, H7_RETINOPATHYDIAB_ADVANC, H7_RETINOPATHYDIAB_CONSEQ, H7_RETINOPATHYDIAB_NAS |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 2319 | 1039 | 1280 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 1.75 | 1.38 | 2.23 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 48.73 | 47.63 | 49.62 |
| Median number of events / individual | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 65.03 | 64.1 | 65.78 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 7.5 | 7.22 | 7.73 |