Other otitis externa (chronic)

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 H60.8
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 3801
Hospital discharge: excluded ICD-9 3801A|3801B|3801C
Cause of death: ICD-10 H60.8
Cause of death: ICD-9 3801
Cause of death: excluded ICD-9 3801A|3801B|3801C

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 Alia otitis externa specificata

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 1047 607 440
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.40 0.41 0.39
Mean age at first event (years) 52.81 50.96 55.35

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.03 1.84 [0.84, 4.07] 1.3e-1 73
15 years 0.02 2.17 [1.20, 3.93] 1.1e-2 65
5 years 0.00 3.16 [1.82, 5.49] 4.3e-5 29
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: H8_EXT_OTH – Other otitis externa (chronic)
GWS hits: 0

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Other otitis externa (chronic)
after Other otitis externa (chronic)

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Other otitis externa (chronic)