"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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| 1996 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 1997 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| 1998 | 0 | 54 | 54 |
| 1999 | 0 | 68 | 68 |
| 2000 | 0 | 73 | 73 |
| 2001 | 0 | 102 | 102 |
| 2002 | 0 | 99 | 99 |
| 2003 | 1 | 120 | 121 |
| 2004 | 0 | 150 | 150 |
| 2005 | 0 | 170 | 170 |
| 2006 | 0 | 164 | 164 |
| 2007 | 0 | 194 | 194 |
| 2008 | 0 | 197 | 197 |
| 2009 | 0 | 201 | 201 |
| 2010 | 0 | 242 | 242 |
| 2011 | 0 | 335 | 335 |
| 2012 | 0 | 307 | 307 |
| 2013 | 1 | 384 | 385 |
| 2014 | 0 | 365 | 365 |
| 2015 | 0 | 401 | 401 |
| 2016 | 0 | 408 | 408 |
| 2017 | 0 | 457 | 457 |
| 2018 | 0 | 452 | 452 |
| 2019 | 0 | 437 | 437 |
| 2020 | 0 | 438 | 438 |
| 2021 | 1 | 335 | 336 |
| 2022 | 0 | 286 | 286 |
| 2023 | 0 | 289 | 289 |
| 2024 | 0 | 333 | 333 |
| 2025 | 0 | 360 | 360 |
| 2026 | 0 | 217 | 217 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Stroke in the Young: Incidence, 30-Day Case Fatality Rates, and Risk Factors Over Time in a Population-Based Study. Neurology. 2026 Oct 27; 107(8):e218622.
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Targeting Lipoprotein(a): A New Era in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2026; 22(4):28-39.
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Association Between Nonsyndromic Congenital Heart Disease and Childhood Cancer in a Population-Based, Retrospective Cohort of 11?Million Children. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Sep 15; 15(18):e050164.
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Colorectal cancer in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: an international Delphi consensus statement. Gut. 2026 Sep 07; 75(10):2009-2018.
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Association between midlife macronutrient intake and late-life hearing loss: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2026 Sep 05; 81(10).
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Diagnostic BMI and Induction Therapy Weight Change Associated With Hepatotoxicity in Pediatric Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Cancer Med. 2026 Sep; 15(9):e72218.
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INSPPIRE: Advances in the Understanding of Pediatric Pancreatitis. Pancreas. 2026 Sep 01; 55(8):e888-e894.
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Neighborhood Economic Deprivation, Hispanic Ethnic Enclaves, and Congenital Anomalies in Texas. Birth Defects Res. 2026 Sep; 118(9):e70114.
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Cardiovascular Health Across the Life Course for Individuals With Breast Cancer: A Review. JAMA Cardiol. 2026 Sep 01; 11(9):867-879.
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Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome and venous thromboembolism: Hemostatic considerations in diagnosis and management. Thromb Res. 2026 Sep; 265:109809.