Dermatitis and eczema

Description

seborrheic infantile dermatitis: Excessive shedding of dry scaly material from the scalp in humans.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode L12_DERMATITISECZEMA
Include L12_ATOPIC, L12_SEBORRHOEIC, L12_DIAPER, L12_ALLERGICCONTACT, L12_OTHERCONTACT, L12_EXFOLIATIVE, L12_FOODDERMAT, L12_INTERNALSUBSTANCEDERM, L12_LICHSIMPANDPRURIGO, L12_PRURITUS, L12_DERMATITISNAS
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 2
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 8941
GWAS catalog 1000765

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 11467 7169 4298
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 8.65 9.54 7.49
Mean age at first event (years) 45.0 43.89 46.86
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 38.73 40.19 36.3
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.81 2.04 4.09

Associations