Spondylopathies

ankylosing spondylitis: An autoimmune chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by inflammation in the vertebral joints of the spine and sacroiliac joints. It predominantly affects young males. Patients present with stiffness and pain in the spine.

Endpoint definition

Name M13_SPONDYLOPATHY
Long name Spondylopathies
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: M45/M46/M47/M48
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: M45/M46/M48/M47
Include M13_ANKYLOSPON, M13_SPINENTHES, M13_SACROILIITIS, M13_OSTEOMYELVERTEB, M13_DISCINFECTION, M13_DISCITIS, M13_SPONDYLOINFECTION, M13_SPONDYLINFLAMNAS, M13_SPONDYLOSIS, M13_SPINSTENOSIS, M13_FORESTIER, M13_KISSING, M13_SPONDYLOTRAUM, M13_FATIGFRACT, M13_VERTEBCOLLAPSE, M13_SPONDYLOPATHYNAS, M13_SPONDYLOPATHINOTH
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 18550 10167 8383
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 8.55 8.28 8.90
Mean age at first event (years) 57.82 57.73 57.92
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.31 1.64 3.13

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 2.0 2.0 2.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 54.39 54.72 54.00

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Spondylopathies
after Spondylopathies

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