Vitiligo
Description
Vitiligo: Generalized well circumscribed patches of leukoderma that are generally distributed over symmetric body locations and is due to autoimmune destruction of melanocytes.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | L12_VITILIGO |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: L80, ICD-9: 7090F, ICD-8: 70905 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: L80, ICD-9: 7090F, ICD-8: 70905 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 79 | 44 | 35 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 44.0 | 45.69 | 41.87 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 30.38 | 34.09 | 25.71 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 2.53 | 0.0 | 5.71 |