Other/unspecified rheumatoid arthritis

Description

rheumatoid arthritis: A chronic, systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation in the synovial membranes and articular surfaces. It manifests primarily as a symmetric, erosive polyarthritis that spares the axial skeleton and is typically associated with the presence in the serum of rheumatoid factor.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode RHEUMA_NOS
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: M068/M069, ICD-8: 7123[8-9]
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: M068/M069, ICD-8: 7123[8-9]
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 7148
GWAS catalog 0000685
MESH D001172
SNOMED CT 69896004

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 1182 839 343
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.89 1.12 0.6
Mean age at first event (years) 48.7 48.39 49.47
Median number of events / individual 2 2 2

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 35.87 36.0 35.57
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 4.74 4.17 6.12

Associations