Pericarditis
Description
pericarditis: An inflammatory process affecting the pericardium.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | I9_PERICARD |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: I30/I32, ICD-9: 420, ICD-8: 420 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: I32/I30, ICD-9: 420, ICD-8: 420 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 288 | 109 | 179 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.31 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 49.44 | 53.43 | 47.0 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 17.71 | 14.68 | 19.55 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 7.29 | 9.17 | 6.15 |