Bell's palsy

G6_BELLPA

Bell's palsy: Partial or complete paralysis of the facial muscles of one side of a person's face. It is caused by damage to the seventh cranial nerve. It is usually temporary but it may recur.

Endpoint definition

FinnGen phenotype data

429209 individuals

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Apply sex-specific rule None

429209

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Check conditions None

429209

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Check pre-conditions, main-only, mode, registry filters

Hospital Discharge: ICD-10 G51.0
Hospital discharge: ICD-9 3510A
Hospital discharge: ICD-8 350
Cause of death: ICD-10 G51.0
Cause of death: ICD-9 3510A
Cause of death: ICD-8 350

2 out of 7 registries used, show all original rules.

3957

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Check minimum number of events None

3957

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Include endpoints None

3957

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Remove individuals based on genotype QC

3781

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G6_BELLPA

Control definitions

Control exclude G6_NERPLEX

Extra metadata

Level in the ICD hierarchy 3
First used in FinnGen datafreeze DF2
Parent code in ICD-10 G51
Name in latin Paresis nervi facialis

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 3781 2131 1650
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.92 0.93 0.91
Mean age at first event (years) 51.34 49.01 54.34

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.05 2.30 [1.71, 3.10] 4.5e-8 417
15 years 0.01 1.39 [1.05, 1.84] 2.2e-2 184
5 years 0.00 2.16 [1.61, 2.89] 2.3e-7 102
1 year 0.00 5.51 [3.82, 7.95] 6.0e-20 52

Age distribution of first events

Year distribution of first events

Cumulative Incidence

Correlations

Index endpoint: G6_BELLPA – Bell's palsy
GWS hits: 4

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Bell's palsy
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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Bell's palsy

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