Table 1

Number of people in the study with each immune-mediated disease and percentage of females

Exposure cohort (ICD code*)ORLS1ORLS2England
Total (% female)Total (% female)Total (% female)
Addison's disease (E27.1)567 (59)570 (61)9291 (60)
Ankylosing spondylitis (M45)1044 (31)967 (29)20 569 (29)
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (D59.1)450 (55)351 (58)6806 (55)
Chronic active hepatitis (K73.2)438 (64)208 (67)4197 (71)
Crohn's disease (K50)4749 (59)5395 (57)102 388 (56)
Dermatomyositis, polymyositis (M33)334 (63)216 (65)5223 (63)
Diabetes mellitus under 30 years (E10–E14)5485 (48)4052 (49)68 768 (48)
Idiopathic thrombocytopaenia purpura (D69.3)874 (53)1106 (55)22 696 (55)
Multiple sclerosis (G35)4225 (66)3699 (68)69 840 (69)
Myasthenia gravis (G70.0)392 (62)396 (57)8638 (51)
Myxoedema (E03.8–E03.9)7368 (82)23 064 (81)597 057 (82)
Pemphigus, pemphigoid (L10, L12)564 (58)479 (57)10 672 (57)
Pernicious anaemia (D51.0)3885 (65)1422 (70)45 111 (69)
Polyarteritis nodosa (M30.0)298 (43)84 (38)1839 (44)
Primary biliary cirrhosis (K74.3)380 (79)355 (83)8363 (85)
Psoriasis (L40)4194 (51)3258 (48)79 643 (48)
Rheumatoid arthritis (M05–M06)15 114 (73)10 860 (72)247 414 (71)
Scleroderma (M34)427 (79)481 (84)9308 (82)
Sjogren's syndrome (M35.0)191 (88)443 (89)12 002 (88)
Systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.1–M32.9)712 (85)923 (87)20 005 (86)
Thyrotoxicosis (E05)5678 (81)4436 (78)88 553 (79)
Ulcerative colitis (K51)6525 (50)7779 (49)141 976 (49)
  • * International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 codes for each immune-mediated disease (equivalent codes were used for cases coded in ICD revisions 7, 8 and 9).