Acute otitis externa, noninfective

otitis externa: Inflammation of the anatomical structures of the outer ear and ear canal secondary to an infectious process. Bacterial etiology is most common, but fungal infection is also possible. Symptoms include erythema, edema, and pain.

Endpoint definition

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

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 H60.5
Cause of death: ICD-10 H60.5

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 H60
Name in latin Otitis externa acuta non infectiosa

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 299 169 130
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.11 0.12 0.11
Mean age at first event (years) 46.84 46.44 47.36

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.03 2.21 [1.17, 4.16] 1.4e-2 29
15 years 0.01 2.21 [1.13, 4.33] 2.1e-2 22
5 years - - - -
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: H8_EXT_NONINF – Acute otitis externa, noninfective
GWS hits: 1

Survival analyses between endpoints

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Acute otitis externa, noninfective