Myositis
Description
myositis: An inflammatory disease involving a pathogenic inflammatory response in the muscle tissue.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | M13_MYOSITIS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: M60, ICD-8: 732 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: M60, ICD-8: 732 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 187 | 101 | 86 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.15 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 52.61 | 51.69 | 53.7 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 35.29 | 31.68 | 39.53 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 4.81 | 2.97 | 6.98 |