Falls/tendency to fall

FALLS

vestibular disease: Pathological processes of the vestibular labyrinth which contains part of the balancing apparatus. Patients with vestibular diseases show instability and are at risk of frequent falls. [database_cross_reference: MESH:D015837]

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 R29.6, W00-W19
Cause of death: ICD-10 R29.6, W00-W19

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

96136

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Check minimum number of events None

96136

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Include endpoints None

96136

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Remove individuals based on genotype QC

92857

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FALLS

Control definitions

Controls for this endpoint are individuals that are not cases.

Extra metadata

First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF3

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 92857 51185 41672
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 24.63 24.28 25.06
Mean age at first event (years) 55.08 54.01 56.40

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.05 3.27 [2.96, 3.61] <1e-100 11255
15 years 0.01 1.65 [1.49, 1.82] 1.1e-22 3793
5 years 0.00 4.02 [3.74, 4.32] <1e-100 3967
1 year 0.00 11.74 [10.72, 12.86] <1e-100 2782

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

Index endpoint: FALLS – Falls/tendency to fall
GWS hits: 7

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Falls/tendency to fall
after Falls/tendency to fall

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Falls/tendency to fall

Endpoint not on priority list, no data to show.