Disorders of iron metabolism

hereditary hemochromatosis type 1: Hemochromatosis type 1 (classic) is the most common form of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), a group of diseases characterized by excessive tissue iron deposition. Due to its incidence (1/200-1/1000), it is not considered as a rare disease, unlike the other subforms of the disease

Endpoint definition

FinnGen phenotype data
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Filter registries Inpat., Oupat., Death

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 E83.1
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 2750
Cause of death: ICD-10 E83.1
Cause of death: ICD-9 2750

Check pre-conditions None

Include endpoints None

Check conditions None

Apply sex-specific rule None

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Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 4
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2
Parent code in ICD-10 E83
Name in latin Perturbationes metabolismi ferri

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 171 73 98
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.07 0.05 0.09
Mean age at first event (years) 55.72 56.31 55.27

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 - - - -
15 years - - - -
5 years - - - -
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: E4_IRON_MET – Disorders of iron metabolism
GWS hits: 5

Survival analyses between endpoints

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Disorders of iron metabolism