Alopecia areata

L12_ALOPECAREATA

alopecia areata: Loss of scalp and body hair involving microscopically inflammatory patchy areas.

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 L63
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 7040B|7040C
Hospital discharge: ICD-8 70400
Cause of death: ICD-10 L63
Cause of death: ICD-9 7040B|7040C
Cause of death: ICD-8 70400

509

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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

509

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Check minimum number of events None

509

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Include endpoints None

509

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L12_ALOPECAREATA

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 3
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2
Parent code in ICD-10 L60-L75
Name in latin Alopecia areata

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 483 365 118
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.16 0.21 0.09
Mean age at first event (years) 41.42 41.76 40.39

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.04 3.58 [2.00, 6.42] 1.8e-5 15
15 years 0.02 2.92 [1.54, 5.54] 1.0e-3 11
5 years - - - -
1 year - - - -

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

Index endpoint: L12_ALOPECAREATA – Alopecia areata
GWS hits: 0

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Alopecia areata
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