Bullous pemphigoid
Description
bullous pemphigoid: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common form of autoimmune bullous dermatosis.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | L12_PEMPHIGOID_BULL |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: L120 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: L120 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 131 | 72 | 59 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 69.6 | 69.42 | 69.8 |
| Median number of events / individual | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 74.05 | 73.61 | 74.58 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 22.9 | 25.0 | 20.34 |