Giant cell arteritis
Description
temporal arteritis: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis predominantly involving the arteries originating from the aortic arch and especially the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | M13_GIANTCELL |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: M316/M315 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: M316/M315 |
| Include | M13_TEMPARTERIT |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 255 | 165 | 90 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.16 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 68.5 | 68.92 | 67.73 |
| Median number of events / individual | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 57.65 | 56.97 | 58.89 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 9.8 | 7.27 | 14.44 |