Bell's palsy

G6_BELLPA

Bell's palsy: Partial or complete paralysis of the facial muscles of one side of a person's face. It is caused by damage to the seventh cranial nerve. It is usually temporary but it may recur.

Endpoint definition

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FinnGen phenotype data

321302 individuals

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321302

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321302

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Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 G51.0

Hospital discharge: ICD-9 3510A

Hospital discharge: ICD-8 350

Cause of death: ICD-10 G51.0

Cause of death: ICD-9 3510A

Cause of death: ICD-8 350

2765

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2697

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G6_BELLPA

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 3

First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2

Parent code in ICD-10 G51

Name in latin Paresis nervi facialis

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Summary Statistics

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Key figures

	All	Female	Male
Number of individuals	2585	1444	1141
Unadjusted prevalence (%)	0.84	0.83	0.85
Mean age at first event (years)	51.38	49.37	53.91

Mortality

Follow-up	Absolute risk	HR [95% CI]	p	N
1998–2019	0.02	1.65 [0.92, 2.96]	9.5e-2	226
15 years	0.01	1.15 [0.72, 1.84]	5.5e-1	106
5 years	0.00	2.08 [1.36, 3.19]	7.5e-4	55
1 year	0.00	6.66 [4.11, 10.78]	1.2e-14	34

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

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Index endpoint: G6_BELLPA – Bell's palsy
GWS hits: 0

Survival analyses between endpoints

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Bell's palsy

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