Other necrotizing vasculopathies
Description
Takayasu arteritis: Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a rare inflammatory large-vessel vasculitis primarily affecting the aorta and its major branches, but also other large vessels, causing stenosis, occlusion, or aneurysm.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | M13_NECROVASC |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: M31 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: M31 |
| Include | M13_HYPERANG, M13_HTROMBMICROANG, M13_MIDGRANULOMA, M13_WEGENER, M13_TAKAYASU, M13_GIANTCELL, M13_MICROPOLYANG, M13_NECROVASCNAS |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 511 | 322 | 189 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.33 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 60.35 | 60.54 | 60.03 |
| Median number of events / individual | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 59.1 | 57.14 | 62.43 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 9.39 | 7.45 | 12.7 |