Urticaria

L12_URTICARIA

urticaria: A vascular reaction of the skin characterized by erythema and wheal formation due to localized increase of vascular permeability. The causative mechanism may be allergy, infection, or stress.

Endpoint definition

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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 None

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Check pre-conditions, main-only, mode, ICD version None

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Check minimum number of events None

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L12_URTICARIA

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 3
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2

Summary Statistics

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Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 9386 6697 2689
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 2.64 3.38 1.71
Mean age at first event (years) 40.97 40.53 42.06

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.03 1.73 [1.33, 2.26] 5.5e-5 444
15 years 0.01 1.09 [0.83, 1.42] 5.5e-1 183
5 years 0.00 2.21 [1.67, 2.92] 2.4e-8 113
1 year 0.00 4.34 [2.98, 6.32] 1.8e-14 40

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

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Index endpoint: L12_URTICARIA – Urticaria
GWS hits: 5

Survival analyses between endpoints

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Plot

before Urticaria
after Urticaria

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