Relapsing polychondritis

relapsing polychondritis: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare, clinically heterogeneous, multisystemic inflammatory disease characterized by inflammation of the cartilage and proteoglycan rich structures leading to cartilage damage with joint, ocular and cardiovascular involvement.

Endpoint definition

Name M13_RELAPSPOLYCHONDR
Long name Relapsing polychondritis
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: M941
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: M941
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Polychondritis recidiva

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 32 22 10
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.01 0.02 0.01
Mean age at first event (years) 50.77 49.56 53.42
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 0.00 0.00 0.00

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 4.0 4.5 2.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 71.88 77.27 60.00

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Relapsing polychondritis
after Relapsing polychondritis

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Relapsing polychondritis