Peritonsillar abscess

peritonsillar abscess: An abscess that develops in the space surrounding one or both palatine tonsils.

Endpoint definition

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

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 J36
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 475
Hospital discharge: ICD-8 501
Cause of death: ICD-10 J36
Cause of death: ICD-9 475
Cause of death: ICD-8 501

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 J30-J39
Name in latin Abscessus peritonsillaris

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 4863 2683 2180
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.87 1.83 1.93
Mean age at first event (years) 31.76 29.23 34.87

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.02 1.58 [1.17, 2.13] 2.5e-3 204
15 years 0.01 1.75 [1.34, 2.30] 5.1e-5 137
5 years 0.00 1.96 [1.34, 2.88] 5.5e-4 34
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: J10_PERITONSABSC – Peritonsillar abscess
GWS hits: 5

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Peritonsillar abscess
after Peritonsillar abscess

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Peritonsillar abscess