Alzheimer's disease: A progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain leading to loss of cognitive function such as memory and language.
Endpoint definition
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Endpoint definition steps |
FinnGen |
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Phenotype data |
429209 |
1. Apply sex-specific ruleNone |
429209 |
2. Check conditionsNone |
429209 |
3. Check pre-conditions, main-only, mode, registry filtersRegistry filters:
2 out of 7 registries used, show all original rules. |
6344 |
4. Check minimum number of eventsNone |
6344 |
5. Include endpointsNone |
6344 |
6. Filter based on genotype QC (FinnGen only) |
6145 |
Control definitions (FinnGen only)
Control exclude
F5_ORGANIC
Extra metadata
Level in the ICD hierarchy
4
First used in FinnGen datafreeze
DF3
Similar endpoints
↥List of similar endpoints to Dementia in Alzheimer disease based on the number of shared cases.
Broader endpoints:
- Alzheimer’s disease, wide definition (more control exclusions)
- Alzheimer’s disease, wide definition
- Any dementia
- Any dementia (more control exclusions)
- Dementia
Narrower endpoints:
Case counts by codes
↥Summary Statistics
↥-FinRegistry-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
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Number of individuals | |||
Whole population | 128670 | 81960 | 45831 |
Only index persons | 110175 | 71387 | 38788 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | |||
Whole population | 1.96 | 2.35 | 1.28 |
Only index persons | 2.22 | 2.62 | 1.48 |
Median age at first event (years) | |||
Whole population | 82.30 | 83.00 | 81.09 |
Only index persons | 82.63 | 83.30 | 81.39 |
-FinnGen-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of individuals | 6145 | 2733 | 3412 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | 1.57 | 1.19 | 1.88 |
Median age at first event (years) | 80.42 | 80.34 | 80.48 |
-FinRegistry-
Age distribution of first events
-FinnGen-
Age distribution of first events
-FinRegistry-
Year distribution of first events
-FinnGen-
Year distribution of first events
-FinRegistry-
Cumulative Incidence Function
-FinnGen-
Cumulative Incidence Function
Mortality – FinRegistry
↥Relationships between endpoints
↥Index endpoint: F5_ALZHDEMENT – Dementia in Alzheimer disease
GWS hits: 8
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