Brachial plexus disorders

brachial plexus neuropathy: Diseases of the cervical (and first thoracic) roots, nerve trunks, cords, and peripheral nerve components of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS. Clinical manifestations include regional pain, PARESTHESIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS, and decreased sensation (HYPESTHESIA) in the upper extremity. These disorders may be associated with trauma (including BIRTH INJURIES); THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME; NEOPLASMS; NEURITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; and other conditions. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1351-2)

Endpoint definition

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

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 G54.0
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 3530
Cause of death: ICD-10 G54.0
Cause of death: ICD-9 3530

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 3
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2
Parent code in ICD-10 G54
Name in latin Morbositates plexus brachialis

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 1639 1161 478
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.63 0.79 0.42
Mean age at first event (years) 45.01 43.61 48.39

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.04 2.50 [1.34, 4.67] 4.1e-3 50
15 years 0.02 2.73 [1.39, 5.37] 3.6e-3 42
5 years 0.01 4.93 [2.48, 9.81] 5.3e-6 18
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: G6_BRACHPLE – Brachial plexus disorders
GWS hits: 0

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Brachial plexus disorders
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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Brachial plexus disorders