hypertension: Persistently high systemic arterial blood pressure. Based on multiple readings (blood pressure determination), hypertension is currently defined as when systolic pressure is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when diastolic pressure is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Endpoint definition
↥
Endpoint definition steps |
FinnGen |
---|---|
Phenotype data |
429209 |
1. Apply sex-specific ruleNone |
429209 |
2. Check conditionsNone |
429209 |
3. Check pre-conditions, main-only, mode, registry filtersRegistry filters:
3 out of 7 registries used, show all original rules. |
126894 |
4. Check minimum number of eventsNone |
126894 |
5. Include endpointsNone |
126894 |
6. Filter based on genotype QC (FinnGen only) |
122993 |
Control definitions (FinnGen only)
Control exclude
I9_HYPERTENSION
Extra metadata
Level in the ICD hierarchy
C
First used in FinnGen datafreeze
DF2
Similar endpoints
↥List of similar endpoints to Hypertension based on the number of shared cases.
Broader endpoints:
- Hypertensive diseases (excluding secondary)
- Hypertensive diseases
- Cardiovascular diseases (excluding rheumatic etc)
- Cardiovascular diseases
Narrower endpoints:
Case counts by codes
↥Summary Statistics
↥-FinRegistry-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of individuals | |||
Whole population | 1425711 | 748182 | 664286 |
Only index persons | 1146787 | 608887 | 537900 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | |||
Whole population | 20.02 | 21.43 | 18.56 |
Only index persons | 21.52 | 22.38 | 20.53 |
Median age at first event (years) | |||
Whole population | 59.25 | 60.87 | 57.47 |
Only index persons | 59.13 | 60.74 | 57.31 |
-FinnGen-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of individuals | 122993 | 58214 | 64779 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | 30.73 | 25.28 | 35.63 |
Median age at first event (years) | 56.92 | 56.66 | 57.15 |
-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: I9_HYPTENS – Hypertension
GWS hits: 301
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