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Asthma, hospital admissions , main diagnosis only

ASTHMA_HOSPITAL_MAIN

asthma: A bronchial disease that is characterized by chronic inflammation and narrowing of the airways, which is caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors resulting in recurring periods of wheezing (a whistling sound while breathing), chest tightness, shortness of breath, mucus production and coughing. The symptoms appear due to a variety of triggers such as allergens, irritants, respiratory infections, weather changes, exercise, stress, reflux disease, medications, foods and emotional anxiety.

Endpoint definition

FinnGen phenotype data

392423 individuals

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Apply sex-specific rule None

392423

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Check conditions None

392423

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Check pre-conditions, main-only, mode, registry filters

Check only main diagnosis Yes, side diagnoses are not checked
Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 J45, J46
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 493
Hospital discharge: ICD-8 493

1 out of 7 registries used, show all original rules.

35526

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Check minimum number of events None

35526

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Include endpoints None

35526

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Remove individuals based on genotype QC

34332

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ASTHMA_HOSPITAL_MAIN

Control definitions

Controls for this endpoint are individuals that are not cases.

Extra metadata

First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 34332 21273 13059
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 9.10 10.09 7.85
Mean age at first event (years) 42.53 41.29 44.54

Mortality

Not a core endpoint, no data to show.

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Not a core endpoint, no data to show.

Correlations

Index endpoint: ASTHMA_HOSPITAL_MAIN – Asthma, hospital admissions , main diagnosis only
GWS hits:

Survival analyses between endpoints

Not a core endpoint, no data to show.

Drugs most likely to be purchased after Asthma, hospital admissions , main diagnosis only

Endpoint not on priority list, no data to show.