Disorders of the thyroid gland

E4_THYROID

thyroid nodule: A small circumscribed mass in the THYROID GLAND that can be of neoplastic growth or non-neoplastic abnormality. It lacks a well-defined capsule or glandular architecture. Thyroid nodules are often benign but can be malignant. The growth of nodules can lead to a multinodular goiter (GOITER, NODULAR).

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

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 E00-E07
Cause of death: ICD-10 E00-E07

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

29227

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Check minimum number of events None

29227

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Remove individuals based on genotype QC

56574

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E4_THYROID

Control definitions

Controls for this endpoint are individuals that are not cases.

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 2
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2

Similar endpoints

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 56574 44780 11794
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 15.00 21.24 7.09
Mean age at first event (years) 51.20 49.43 57.88

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.02 1.46 [1.29, 1.64] 9.8e-10 4306
15 years 0.01 1.07 [0.97, 1.18] 2.0e-1 2035
5 years 0.00 1.89 [1.72, 2.08] 8.1e-38 1037
1 year 0.00 2.23 [1.90, 2.63] 2.3e-22 223

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

Index endpoint: E4_THYROID – Disorders of the thyroid gland
GWS hits: 114

Survival analyses between endpoints

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Disorders of the thyroid gland

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