Diseases of external ear

H8_EXTERNAL

otitis externa: Inflammation of the anatomical structures of the outer ear and ear canal secondary to an infectious process. Bacterial etiology is most common, but fungal infection is also possible. Symptoms include erythema, edema, and pain.

Endpoint definition

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FinnGen phenotype data

321302 individuals

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321302

Check conditions None

321302

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Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 H60-H62

Cause of death: ICD-10 H60-H62

6883

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6883

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6883

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H8_EXTOTITIS

H8_PERCHRONDR

H8_PINNADIS

H8_CERUMEN

H8_STENOEXTCAN

H8_EXTDISNAS

H8_EXTDISINOTH

7467

H8_EXTERNAL

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 2

First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2

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Summary Statistics

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Key figures

	All	Female	Male
Number of individuals	7176	3663	3513
Unadjusted prevalence (%)	2.33	2.11	2.60
Mean age at first event (years)	51.86	48.97	54.87

Mortality

Follow-up	Absolute risk	HR [95% CI]	p	N
1998–2019	0.02	1.78 [1.25, 2.53]	1.5e-3	519
15 years	0.01	1.12 [0.84, 1.51]	4.4e-1	240
5 years	0.00	2.16 [1.68, 2.76]	1.4e-9	161
1 year	0.00	3.30 [2.34, 4.65]	1.1e-11	50

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

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Index endpoint: H8_EXTERNAL – Diseases of external ear
GWS hits: 0

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