Bell's palsy

G6_BELLPA

Bell's palsy: Partial or complete paralysis of the facial muscles of one side of a person's face. It is caused by damage to the seventh cranial nerve. It is usually temporary but it may recur.

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 G51.0
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 3510A
Hospital discharge: ICD-8 350
Cause of death: ICD-10 G51.0
Cause of death: ICD-9 3510A
Cause of death: ICD-8 350

3203

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

Look only at ICD versions H.D: 10, 8, 9 ; C.O.D: 10, 8, 9

3127

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3127

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Include endpoints None

3127

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G6_BELLPA

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 3
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2
Parent code in ICD-10 G51
Name in latin Paresis nervi facialis

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 3127 1742 1385
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.88 0.88 0.88
Mean age at first event (years) 51.39 49.31 53.99

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.03 1.80 [1.07, 3.00] 2.5e-2 302
15 years 0.01 1.20 [0.82, 1.75] 3.5e-1 134
5 years 0.00 2.32 [1.66, 3.23] 6.3e-7 76
1 year 0.00 6.81 [4.61, 10.07] 6.4e-22 41

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

Index endpoint: G6_BELLPA – Bell's palsy
GWS hits: 1

Survival analyses between endpoints

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