Alzheimer disease

G6_ALZHEIMER

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

FinnGen phenotype data

321302 individuals

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Apply sex-specific rule None

321302

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Check conditions None

321302

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Filter registries

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 G30
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 3310
Hospital discharge: ICD-8 $!$
Cause of death: ICD-10 G30
Cause of death: ICD-9 3310
Cause of death: ICD-8 $!$

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Check pre-conditions, main-only, mode, ICD version

Look only at ICD versions H.D: 10, 8, 9 ; C.O.D: 10, 8, 9

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Include endpoints None

6508

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G6_ALZHEIMER

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 3
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2
Parent code in ICD-10 G30-G32
Name in latin Morbus Alzheimer

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 6281 2853 3428
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 2.04 1.64 2.54
Mean age at first event (years) 79.16 79.39 78.97

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.10 7.11 [5.21, 9.69] 2.6e-35 3257
15 years - - - -
5 years - - - -
1 year - - - -

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

Index endpoint: G6_ALZHEIMER – Alzheimer disease
GWS hits: 2

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Alzheimer disease
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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Alzheimer disease