Polymyalgia rheumatica

polymyalgia rheumatica: Polymyalgia rheumatica is a common inflammatory condition that often affects people over the age of 50 years. Characteristic symptoms are shoulder and hip girdle pain and prolonged morning stiffness. Markers of inflammation are often elevated.

Endpoint definition

Name M13_POLYMYALGIA
Long name Polymyalgia rheumatica
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: M353, ICD-9: 725, ICD-8: 4463
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: M353, ICD-9: 725, ICD-8: 4463
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Polymyalgia rheumatica

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 1523 966 557
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.70 0.79 0.59
Mean age at first event (years) 68.70 68.53 69.00
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 7.62 6.11 10.23

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 2.0 2.0 2.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 54.50 55.07 53.50

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Polymyalgia rheumatica
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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Polymyalgia rheumatica