Other specified/unspecified hearing loss

H8_HL_NAS

sensorineural hearing loss: Hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the inner ear or sensory organ (cochlea and associated structures) or the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII).

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 H91.8, H91.9
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 389[8-9]
Hospital discharge: ICD-8 389
Cause of death: ICD-10 H91.8, H91.9
Cause of death: ICD-9 389[8-9]
Cause of death: ICD-8 389

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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

1956

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Check minimum number of events None

1956

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Include endpoints None

1956

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H8_HL_NAS

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 4
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 1956 948 1008
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.55 0.48 0.64
Mean age at first event (years) 59.60 55.29 63.66

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.05 3.03 [1.92, 4.79] 2.0e-6 305
15 years 0.01 1.55 [1.11, 2.18] 1.1e-2 112
5 years 0.01 4.03 [3.07, 5.29] 1.2e-23 128
1 year - - - -

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

Index endpoint: H8_HL_NAS – Other specified/unspecified hearing loss
GWS hits:

Survival analyses between endpoints

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Other specified/unspecified hearing loss