Erythrasma

erythrasma: a skin disease that causes brown, scaly skin patches. It is caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium minutissimum. It is prevalent among diabetics and the obese, and in warm climates; it is worsened by wearing occlusive clothing.

Endpoint definition

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

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 L08.1
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 390
Cause of death: ICD-10 L08.1
Cause of death: ICD-9 390

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 DF4
Parent code in ICD-10 L08
Name in latin Erythrasma

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 43 12 31
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.02 0.01 0.03
Mean age at first event (years) 46.22 45.46 46.52

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 - - - -
15 years - - - -
5 years - - - -
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: L12_ERYTHRASMA – Erythrasma
GWS hits:

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Erythrasma
after Erythrasma

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