Spermatocele

spermatocele: A cystic dilation of the EPIDIDYMIS, usually in the head portion (caput epididymis). The cyst fluid contains dead SPERMATOZOA and can be easily differentiated from TESTICULAR HYDROCELE and other testicular lesions.

Endpoint definition

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

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 N43.4
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 6081
Hospital discharge: ICD-8 6076
Cause of death: ICD-10 N43.4
Cause of death: ICD-9 6081
Cause of death: ICD-8 6076

Check pre-conditions None

Include endpoints None

Check conditions None

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Apply sex-specific rule

Sex only males
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Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 3
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2
Parent code in ICD-10 N43
Name in latin Spermatocele

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 1301 - 1301
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.50 - 1.15
Mean age at first event (years) 55.90 - 55.90

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.02 1.25 [0.75, 2.10] 3.9e-1 167
15 years 0.01 1.48 [0.94, 2.33] 8.9e-2 115
5 years 0.00 1.88 [1.17, 3.02] 9.2e-3 31
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: N14_SPERMATOCELE – Spermatocele
GWS hits: 1

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Spermatocele
after Spermatocele

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