Atherosclerosis, excluding cerebral, coronary and PAD
Description
arteriolosclerosis: The thickening of the wall of the small arteries and arterioles. It is caused by deposition of hyaline material in the wall or concentric smooth muscle wall hypertrophy. It results in lumen narrowing and tissue ischemia. [ NCI ]
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | I9_ATHSCLE |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: I70, ICD-9: 440, ICD-8: 440 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: I70, ICD-9: 440, ICD-8: 440 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 3986 | 1499 | 2487 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 3.01 | 2.0 | 4.33 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 66.94 | 68.7 | 65.88 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 56.67 | 53.7 | 58.46 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 19.34 | 19.88 | 19.02 |