Intestinal malabsorbtion

Description

blind loop syndrome: An intestinal disease characterized by a dysbalance of the bacterial flora of the small intestine, causing derangement to the normal physiological processes of digestion and absorption.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode K11_MALABSORB
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: K90, ICD-9: 579, ICD-8: 269[1-2]
Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-10 K900
Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-9 5790A|5793
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: K90, ICD-9: 579, ICD-8: 269[1-2]
Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-10 K900
Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-9 5790A|5793
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 10606
GWAS catalog 0007175
MESH D001765
SNOMED CT 66379009

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 323 207 116
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.24 0.28 0.2
Mean age at first event (years) 42.99 41.95 44.84
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 25.39 23.19 29.31
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 4.33 1.93 8.62

Associations