Hypertension

hypertension: Persistently high systemic arterial blood pressure. Based on multiple readings (blood pressure determination), hypertension is currently defined as when systolic pressure is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when diastolic pressure is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.

Endpoint definition

Name I9_HYPTENS
Long name Hypertension
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: I10/I15/I12/I11/I674/I13, ICD-9: 4019X/4029A/4029B/4039A/4040A/4059A/4059B/4059X/4372A, ICD-8: 400|401|402|403|404
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: I11/I10/I13/I674/I12/I15, ICD-9: 4019X/4029A/4029B/4039A/4040A/4059A/4059B/4059X/4372A, ICD-8: 400|401|402|403|404
KELA reimboursements codes 205
Level in the ICD-hierarchy C
First defined in version DF2

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 55917 27804 28113
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 25.77 22.63 29.86
Mean age at first event (years) 55.61 56.06 55.16
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 3.22 2.61 3.83

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 2.0 2.0 2.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 30.64 30.57 30.72

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Hypertension
after Hypertension

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