rheumatoid arthritis: A chronic, systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation in the synovial membranes and articular surfaces. It manifests primarily as a symmetric, erosive polyarthritis that spares the axial skeleton and is typically associated with the presence in the serum of rheumatoid factor.
Endpoint definition
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Endpoint definition steps |
FinnGen |
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Phenotype data |
473681 |
1. Apply sex-specific ruleNone |
473681 |
2. Check conditionsNone |
473681 |
3. Check pre-conditions, main-only, mode, registry filtersRegistry filters:
2 out of 7 registries used, show all original rules. |
15225 |
4. Check minimum number of eventsNone |
15225 |
5. Include endpointsNone |
15225 |
6. Filter based on genotype QC (FinnGen only) |
14818 |
Control definitions (FinnGen only)
Extra metadata
Similar endpoints
↥List of similar endpoints to Rheumatoid arthritis based on the number of shared cases.
Similar with more cases:
- Rheumatoid arthritis , including avohilmo
- Polyarthropathies
- Autoimmune diseases
- Used for control exclusion in common control thyroid runs
- Arthropathies
Similar with less cases:
Case counts by codes
↥Summary Statistics
↥-FinRegistry-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
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Number of individuals | |||
Whole population | 122129 | 82772 | 38172 |
Only index persons | 94097 | 65400 | 28697 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | |||
Whole population | 1.95 | 2.37 | 1.07 |
Only index persons | 2.01 | 2.40 | 1.10 |
Median age at first event (years) | |||
Whole population | 56.51 | 56.02 | 57.52 |
Only index persons | 54.66 | 54.03 | 56.10 |
-FinnGen-
Key figures
All | Female | Male | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of individuals | 14818 | 10029 | 4789 |
Unadjusted period prevalence (%) | 3.44 | 3.94 | 2.41 |
Median age at first event (years) | 53.36 | 51.50 | 57.25 |
-FinRegistry-
Age distribution of first events
-FinnGen-
Age distribution of first events
-FinRegistry-
Year distribution of first events
-FinnGen-
Year distribution of first events
-FinRegistry-
Cumulative Incidence Function
-FinnGen-
Cumulative Incidence Function
Mortality – FinRegistry
↥Association
Association between endpoint M13_RHEUMA and mortality.
Females
Parameter | HR [95% CI] | p-value |
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M13_RHEUMA | 1.418 [1.32, 1.52] | < 0.001 |
Birth year | 0.995 [0.99, 1.0] | 0.206 |
During the follow-up period (1.1.1998 — 31.12.2019), 10109 out of 46537 females with M13_RHEUMA died.
Males
Parameter | HR [95% CI] | p-value |
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M13_RHEUMA | 1.373 [1.27, 1.48] | < 0.001 |
Birth year | 0.989 [0.98, 1.0] | 0.014 |
During the follow-up period (1.1.1998 — 31.12.2019), 6422 out of 22383 males with M13_RHEUMA died.
Mortality risk
Mortality risk for people of age
years, who have M13_RHEUMA.N-year risk | Females | Males |
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1 | 0.11% | 0.297% |
5 | 0.8% | 1.895% |
10 | 2.12% | 4.466% |
15 | 3.984% | 8.126% |
20 | 6.711% | 13.541% |
Relationships between endpoints
↥Index endpoint: M13_RHEUMA – Rheumatoid arthritis
GWS hits: 25