Metadata

Name Hyposplenism (hyposplenism)
Category Haematological or immunological
Sex
Adult Yes
UUID 92becfad-ca7c-42ce-b29e-7b1fb195df4f
Definition Reduced splenic function that is a dominant cause of primary immunodeficiency.

Ontologies

MeSH C563028
SNOMED-CT 23761004
FinnGen D3_HYPOSPLENISM

Key Summary Statistics

Cases from any source

Total 1227
Female (%) 580 (47%)
Male (%) 647 (53%)

Year first recorded

hyposplenism year of first event

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources

Cross-source concordance

Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Cross-sourced hyposplenism cases

Incidence & prevalence

Sex and age-stratified incidence and prevalence of hyposplenism

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex

Female 16.03 (13.34,18.72)
Male 21.42 (18.03,24.81)

Incidence stratified by sex

Female 0.62 (0.41,0.82)
Male 0.7 (0.46,0.93)

Incidence stratified by age

Ages 40-44 0.3 (-0.04,0.64)
Ages 45-49 0.52 (0.13,0.9)
Ages 50-54 0.38 (0.08,0.68)
Ages 55-59 0.78 (0.39,1.18)
Ages 60-64 0.62 (0.31,0.92)
Ages 65-69 1.06 (0.6,1.51)

Period prevalence

Methods

Comparison with general population

Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

CALIBER and UKB hyposplenism prevalence comparison for multiple age groups

Population Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
UK Biobank 18 (14,22) 22 (18,26) 24 (21,28)
CALIBER 16 (15,17) 22 (21,23) 27 (25,28)

Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status

Deprivation status Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
Least deprived 14(7,27) 19(12,28) 22(16,30)
Low 21(11,34) 22(15,32) 25(18,33)
Medium 21(12,34) 17(11,26) 23(17,31)
High 12(6,22) 28(19,38) 20(14,28)
Most deprived 20(13,31) 23(16,33) 33(24,43)

Stratified by age and country

Country Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
England 19(15,25) 21(17,26) 23(19,27)
Scotland 10(3,24) 25(15,38) 36(25,50)
Wales 10(2,31) 23(12,39) 24(14,39)

Definition

UK Biobank field id Description Code Value
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 D73.0 Hyposplenism
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 D73.5 Infarction of spleen
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 D73.0 Hyposplenism
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 D73.5 Infarction of spleen
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 D73.0 Hyposplenism
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 D73.5 Infarction of spleen
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 D73.0 Hyposplenism
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 D73.5 Infarction of spleen
42040 GP clinical event records 14N7.00 H/O: splenectomy
42040 GP clinical event records 7840100.0 Total splenectomy
42040 GP clinical event records 7840300.0 Splenectomy NEC
42040 GP clinical event records 7840400.0 Laparoscopic total splenectomy
42040 GP clinical event records 7840.00 Total excision of spleen
42040 GP clinical event records 7840.11 Total splenectomy
42040 GP clinical event records 7840y00 Other specified total excision of spleen
42040 GP clinical event records 7840z00 Total excision of spleen NOS
42040 GP clinical event records 7841.00 Other excision of spleen
42040 GP clinical event records 7841y00 Other specified other excision of spleen
42040 GP clinical event records 7841z00 Other excision of spleen NOS
42040 GP clinical event records D415400 Splenic atrophy
42040 GP clinical event records D415600 Splenic fibrosis
42040 GP clinical event records D415700 Splenic infarction
42040 GP clinical event records D415800 Non-traumatic rupture of spleen
42040 GP clinical event records D415A00 Hyposplenism
42040 GP clinical event records PK01.00 Absent spleen
42040 GP clinical event records PK01.11 Asplenia
42040 GP clinical event records PK06.00 Hypoplasia of spleen
42040 GP clinical event records Xa0hO Hyposplenism
42040 GP clinical event records 7840. Total splenectomy
42040 GP clinical event records XaEXw Laparoscopic total splenectomy