Asthma and allergy

ASTHMA_ALLERG

allergic rhinitis: Inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes caused by an IgE-mediated response to external allergens. The inflammation may also involve the mucous membranes of the sinuses, eyes, middle ear, and pharynx. Symptoms include sneezing, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, and itching. It may lead to fatigue, drowsiness, and malaise thus causing impairment of the quality of life.

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Endpoint definition

Endpoint definition steps

FinnGen

Phenotype data

473681

1. Apply sex-specific rule

None

473681

2. Check conditions

  • ALLERG_ASTHMA
12344

3. Check pre-conditions, main-only, mode, registry filters

None

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

0

4. Check minimum number of events

None

0

5. Include endpoints

6259

6. Filter based on genotype QC (FinnGen only)

6014

Control definitions (FinnGen only)

Control conditions not ALLERG_ASTHMA

Extra metadata

First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2

Case counts by codes

FinnGen case counts by registry codes:

No data for upset plot.

No data for upset table.

Summary Statistics

-FinRegistry-

This endpoint is excluded (different definition than used in FinnGen).

-FinnGen-

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 6014 4264 1750
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) 1.44 1.67 0.88
Median age at first event (years) 24.66 26.25 20.79

-FinnGen-

Age distribution of first events

-FinnGen-

Year distribution of first events

-FinnGen-

Cumulative Incidence Function

Mortality – FinRegistry

This endpoint is excluded (different definition than used in FinnGen).

Relationships between endpoints

Index endpoint: ASTHMA_ALLERG – Asthma and allergy

GWS hits: 15

This endpoint is excluded (different definition than used in FinnGen).