temporal arteritis: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis predominantly involving the arteries originating from the aortic arch and especially the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries.
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. |
1095 |
4. Check minimum number of eventsNone |
1095 |
5. Include endpoints |
1095 |
6. Filter based on genotype QC (FinnGen only) |
1066 |
Control definitions (FinnGen only)
Control exclude
M13_SYSTCONNECT
Extra metadata
Level in the ICD hierarchy
4
First used in FinnGen datafreeze
DF2
Similar endpoints
↥List of similar endpoints to Giant cell arteritis based on the number of shared cases.
Broader endpoints:
- Other necrotizing vasculopathies
- Systemic connective tissue disorders
- Autoimmune diseases related-to ILD
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Any event in hilmo or specialist outpatient
Narrower endpoints:
Case counts by codes
↥Summary Statistics
↥-FinRegistry-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
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Number of individuals | |||
Whole population | 9069 | 6071 | 2933 |
Only index persons | 7652 | 5164 | 2488 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | |||
Whole population | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.08 |
Only index persons | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.09 |
Median age at first event (years) | |||
Whole population | 72.33 | 72.72 | 71.45 |
Only index persons | 71.52 | 71.93 | 70.66 |
-FinnGen-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of individuals | 1066 | 641 | 425 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.23 |
Median age at first event (years) | 69.28 | 68.98 | 69.72 |
-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: M13_GIANTCELL – Giant cell arteritis
GWS hits: -
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