Wet age-related macular degeneration

age-related macular degeneration: Age-related loss of vision in the central portion of the retina (macula), secondary to retinal degeneration.

Endpoint definition

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

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 H35.31
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 3625B
Cause of death: ICD-10 H35.31
Cause of death: ICD-9 3625B
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Check pre-conditions

Pre-conditions EVENT_AGE>=50

Include endpoints None

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Check conditions

not WET_AMD_EARLY

Apply sex-specific rule None

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Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 5
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2
Parent code in ICD-10 H35
Name in latin Degeneratio maculae senilis exsudativa

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 2613 1414 1199
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.00 0.96 1.06
Mean age at first event (years) 74.40 74.74 73.99

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.04 2.47 [1.72, 3.56] 1.1e-6 483
15 years - - - -
5 years - - - -
1 year - - - -

Correlations

Index endpoint: WET_AMD – Wet age-related macular degeneration
GWS hits: 7

Survival analyses between endpoints

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Wet age-related macular degeneration