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

356077 individuals

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Apply sex-specific rule None

356077

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Check conditions None

356077

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Filter registries

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

25814

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Check pre-conditions, main-only, mode, ICD version

Look only at ICD versions H.D: 10 ; C.O.D: 10

25791

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25791

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E4_THYROID

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 51847 41061 10786
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 14.57 20.70 6.85
Mean age at first event (years) 51.14 49.41 57.71

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.03 1.54 [1.37, 1.73] 5.3e-13 4000
15 years 0.01 1.09 [0.99, 1.21] 9.1e-2 1894
5 years 0.00 1.93 [1.74, 2.13] 1.2e-37 955
1 year 0.00 2.30 [1.94, 2.72] 2.1e-22 207

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

Index endpoint: E4_THYROID – Disorders of the thyroid gland
GWS hits: 97

Survival analyses between endpoints

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