Secondary hypertension
Description
secondary hypertension: High blood pressure caused by an underlying medical condition.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | I9_HYPTENSEC |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: I15 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: I15 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 709 | 329 | 380 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.53 | 0.44 | 0.66 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 55.55 | 55.7 | 55.41 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 45.84 | 40.43 | 50.53 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 9.31 | 8.21 | 10.26 |