"Risk Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.
| Descriptor ID |
D012307
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.600.800.725 N05.715.350.200.700 N05.715.360.750.625.700.700 N06.850.490.625.750 N06.850.520.830.600.800.725
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| Concept/Terms |
Risk Factors- Risk Factors
- Factor, Risk
- Factors, Risk
- Risk Factor
Population at Risk- Population at Risk
- Risk, Population at
- Populations at Risk
- Risk, Populations at
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in this website by year, and whether "Risk Factors" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 1996 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 1997 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1998 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 1999 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2000 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2001 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2002 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2003 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2004 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2005 | 1 | 46 | 47 |
| 2006 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2007 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2008 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2009 | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| 2010 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| 2011 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| 2012 | 0 | 71 | 71 |
| 2013 | 0 | 71 | 71 |
| 2014 | 0 | 71 | 71 |
| 2015 | 0 | 73 | 73 |
| 2016 | 1 | 88 | 89 |
| 2017 | 0 | 85 | 85 |
| 2018 | 0 | 94 | 94 |
| 2019 | 0 | 89 | 89 |
| 2020 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
| 2021 | 0 | 78 | 78 |
| 2022 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2023 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Skeletal muscle disorders as risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2025 Apr 01; 599:112466.
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Joint Injection or Aspiration before Total Knee Arthroplasty: Does It Increase the Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection? J Knee Surg. 2025 Mar; 38(4):195-200.
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Evaluating the Sick Quitting Hypothesis for Frailty Status and Reducing Alcohol Use Among People With HIV in a Longitudinal Clinical Cohort Study. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2024 Jan-Feb 01; 35(1):5-16.
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The MindMoves Trial: Cross-Sectional Analyses of Baseline Vascular Risk and Cognition in Older Women with Cardiovascular Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2024; 100(4):1407-1416.
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Cardiovascular Risk Stratification of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: The CARE-BMT Risk Score. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jan 02; 13(1):e033599.
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Cell-type-specific Alzheimer's disease polygenic risk scores are associated with distinct disease processes in Alzheimer's disease. Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 30; 14(1):7659.
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Circadian disturbances and frailty risk in older adults. Nat Commun. 2023 11 16; 14(1):7219.
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Neuroticism, physical activity, and cognitive functioning in a population-based cohort of older adults. BMC Geriatr. 2023 11 06; 23(1):717.
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Cumulative disease damage and anti-PM/Scl antibodies are associated with a heavy burden of calcinosis in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 11 02; 62(11):3636-3643.
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Insomnia and Early Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A 16-Year Cohort Study of Younger Men and Women Veterans. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 10 17; 12(20):e030331.