"Cluster Analysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A set of statistical methods used to group variables or observations into strongly inter-related subgroups. In epidemiology, it may be used to analyze a closely grouped series of events or cases of disease or other health-related phenomenon with well-defined distribution patterns in relation to time or place or both.
| Descriptor ID |
D016000
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.250 N05.715.360.750.200 N06.850.520.830.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Cluster Analysis- Cluster Analysis
- Analyses, Cluster
- Analysis, Cluster
- Cluster Analyses
- Clustering
- Clusterings
Disease Clustering- Disease Clustering
- Clustering, Disease
- Clusterings, Disease
- Disease Clusterings
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cluster Analysis" by people in Profiles.
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A machine learning approach using gait parameters to cluster TKA subjects into stable and unstable joints for discovery analysis. Knee. 2025 Jun; 54:167-177.
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Characterization of Patients Who Present With Insomnia: Is There Room for a Symptom Cluster-Based Approach? J Clin Sleep Med. 2017 Jul 15; 13(7):911-921.
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Predictors and Impact of Self-Reported Suboptimal Effort on Estimates of Prevalence of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 06 01; 75(2):203-210.
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Sample size determinations for stepped-wedge clinical trials from a three-level data hierarchy perspective. Stat Methods Med Res. 2018 02; 27(2):480-489.
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Cell-type phylogenetics and the origin of endometrial stromal cells. Cell Rep. 2015 Mar 03; 10(8):1398-409.
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Connecting gene expression data from connectivity map and in silico target predictions for small molecule mechanism-of-action analysis. Mol Biosyst. 2015 Jan; 11(1):86-96.
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Dietary intake of antioxidant nutrients and the risk of incident Alzheimer disease in a biracial community study. JAMA. 2002 Jun 26; 287(24):3230-7.