Airway disease due to specific organic dust

Description

byssinosis: An occupational lung disorder caused by exposure to cotton dust. It occurs more commonly in workers in the textile industry. Signs and symptoms include chest tightness, cough and wheezing. The symptoms tend to get worse at the beginning of the week and subside by the end of the week.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode J10_AIRWDISDUST
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: J66, ICD-9: 504
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: J66, ICD-9: 504
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 10323
GWAS catalog 1000851
MESH D002095
SNOMED CT 13151001

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 32 16 16
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.02 0.02 0.03
Mean age at first event (years) 44.27 41.94 46.61
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 25.0 12.5 37.5
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 3.13 0.0 6.25

Associations