Dermatographic urticaria

L12_URTICA_DERTMATOG

dermatographia: Familial dermographism is a condition also known as skin writing. When people who have dermatographia lightly scratch their skin, the scratches redden into a raised wheal similar to hives. Signs and symptoms of dermatographia include raised red lines, swelling, inflammation, hive-like welts and itching. Symptoms usually disappear within 30 minutes. The exact cause of this condition is unknown. Treatment mayinvovle use of antihistamines if symptoms do not go away on their own.

Endpoint definition

FinnGen phenotype data

392423 individuals

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392423

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392423

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Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 L50.3
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 7083
Cause of death: ICD-10 L50.3
Cause of death: ICD-9 7083

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

1936

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1936

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1936

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Remove individuals based on genotype QC

1848

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L12_URTICA_DERTMATOG

Control definitions

Control exclude L12_URTICARIAERYTHEMA

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 4
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2
Parent code in ICD-10 L50
Name in latin Urticaria derm[at]ographica

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 1848 1467 381
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.49 0.70 0.23
Mean age at first event (years) 45.67 44.49 50.20

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.02 1.55 [0.79, 3.02] 2.0e-1 45
15 years 0.01 1.06 [0.54, 2.08] 8.6e-1 18
5 years 0.00 3.99 [2.16, 7.37] 1.0e-5 17
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Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

Index endpoint: L12_URTICA_DERTMATOG – Dermatographic urticaria
GWS hits:

Survival analyses between endpoints

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Dermatographic urticaria

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