Falls/tendency to fall

FALLS

vestibular disease: Pathological processes of the vestibular labyrinth which contains part of the balancing apparatus. Patients with vestibular diseases show instability and are at risk of frequent falls. [database_cross_reference: MESH:D015837]

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Endpoint definition

Endpoint definition steps

FinnGen

Phenotype data

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1. Apply sex-specific rule

None

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2. Check conditions

None

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

Registry filters:

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

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4. Check minimum number of events

None

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5. Include endpoints

None

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6. Filter based on genotype QC (FinnGen only)

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Control definitions (FinnGen only)

Controls for this endpoint are individuals that are not cases.

Extra metadata

First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF3

Case counts by codes

FinnGen case counts by registry codes:

generic upset plot

Upset plot

Full data table

Summary Statistics

-FinRegistry-

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals
Whole population 1433862 732590 694287
Only index persons 1260084 647587 612497
Unadjusted period prevalence (%)
Whole population 20.15 20.98 19.40
Only index persons 23.60 23.81 23.38
Median age at first event (years)
Whole population 52.20 59.28 44.66
Only index persons 51.98 58.61 44.96

-FinnGen-

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 118054 65683 52371
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) 26.02 25.80 26.30
Median age at first event (years) 56.88 55.99 58.00

-FinRegistry-

Age distribution of first events

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Age distribution of first events

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Year distribution of first events

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Year distribution of first events

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Cumulative Incidence Function

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Cumulative Incidence Function

Mortality – FinRegistry

Association

Association between endpoint FALLS and mortality.

Females

Parameter HR [95% CI] p-value
FALLS 1.899 [1.77, 2.04] < 0.001
Birth year 0.982 [0.98, 0.99] < 0.001

During the follow-up period (1.1.1998 — 31.12.2019), 152425 out of 619961 females with FALLS died.

Males

Parameter HR [95% CI] p-value
FALLS 2.001 [1.84, 2.18] < 0.001
Birth year 0.981 [0.97, 0.99] < 0.001

During the follow-up period (1.1.1998 — 31.12.2019), 108021 out of 588969 males with FALLS died.

Mortality risk

Mortality risk for people of age

years, who have FALLS.

N-year risk Females Males
1 0.083% 0.207%
5 0.473% 1.465%
10 1.189% 3.543%
15 2.338% 6.56%
20 4.001% 11.249%

Relationships between endpoints

Index endpoint: FALLS – Falls/tendency to fall

GWS hits: 8

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