pinguecula: A yellowish thickened lesion on the conjunctiva near the cornea representing a benign degenerative change in the conjunctiva caused by the leakage and deposition of certain blood proteins through the permeable capillaries near the limbus.
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. |
642 |
4. Check minimum number of eventsNone |
642 |
5. Include endpointsNone |
642 |
6. Filter based on genotype QC (FinnGen only) |
613 |
Control definitions (FinnGen only)
Control exclude
H7_CONJUNCTIVA
Extra metadata
Level in the ICD hierarchy
4
First used in FinnGen datafreeze
DF2
Parent code in ICD-10
H11
Name in latin
Degenerationes et deposita conjunctivae
Similar endpoints
↥List of similar endpoints to conjunctival degenerations and deposits based on the number of shared cases.
Broader endpoints:
- Other disorders of conjunctiva
- Disorders of conjunctiva
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa
- Any event in hilmo or specialist outpatient
- Any prescribed medicine buy
Narrower endpoints:
None
Case counts by codes
↥Summary Statistics
↥-FinRegistry-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of individuals | |||
Whole population | 5600 | 3529 | 2024 |
Only index persons | 5007 | 3200 | 1807 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | |||
Whole population | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
Only index persons | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.07 |
Median age at first event (years) | |||
Whole population | 53.72 | 53.94 | 53.55 |
Only index persons | 52.74 | 52.84 | 52.55 |
-FinnGen-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of individuals | 613 | 389 | 224 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.12 |
Median age at first event (years) | 53.41 | 51.69 | 56.41 |
-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: H7_CONJUNCTDEGDEPOT – conjunctival degenerations and deposits
GWS hits: -
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