Macular hole

macular holes: Perforations through the whole thickness of the retina including the macula as the result of inflammation, trauma, degeneration, etc. The concept includes retinal breaks, tears, dialyses, and holes.

Endpoint definition

Name MACULAR_HOLE
Long name Macular hole
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-9: 3625D
Cause of Death registry ICD-9: 3625D
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 5
First defined in version DF2

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
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Number of individuals
548 327 221
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Unadjusted prevalence (%)
0.25 0.27 0.23
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Mean age at first event (years)
69.91 68.26 72.34
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Case fatality at 5-years (%)
3.28 3.67 2.71

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
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Median nb. of events per indiv.
2.0 2.0 2.0
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Recurrence at 6 months (%)
48.54 48.01 49.32

Survival analyses between endpoints

Plot

before Macular hole
after Macular hole

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