Epilepsy

epilepsy: A brain disorder characterized by episodes of abnormally increased neuronal discharge resulting in transient episodes of sensory or motor neurological dysfunction, or psychic dysfunction. These episodes may or may not be associated with loss of consciousness or convulsions.

Endpoint definition

FinnGen phenotype data
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Filter registries Inpat., Oupat., Death, KELA purch., KELA reimb.

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 G40
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 345
Hospital discharge: ICD-8 345
Hospital discharge: excluded ICD-9 3452|3453
Hospital discharge: excluded ICD-8 34520
Cause of death: ICD-10 G40
Cause of death: ICD-9 345
Cause of death: ICD-8 345
Cause of death: excluded ICD-9 3452|3453
Cause of death: excluded ICD-8 34520
KELA reimbursements: KELA codes 111

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 G40-G47

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 7223 3604 3619
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 2.78 2.45 3.20
Mean age at first event (years) 43.06 39.89 46.21

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.06 4.72 [3.82, 5.84] 1.3e-46 1317
15 years 0.04 5.94 [4.95, 7.12] 2.8e-82 1140
5 years - - - -
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: G6_EPLEPSY – Epilepsy
GWS hits: 0

Survival analyses between endpoints

Plot

before Epilepsy
after Epilepsy

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