"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 | 43 | 43 |
| 1996 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 1997 | 0 | 64 | 64 |
| 1998 | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| 1999 | 0 | 72 | 72 |
| 2000 | 0 | 84 | 84 |
| 2001 | 0 | 108 | 108 |
| 2002 | 0 | 108 | 108 |
| 2003 | 1 | 130 | 131 |
| 2004 | 0 | 158 | 158 |
| 2005 | 0 | 168 | 168 |
| 2006 | 0 | 168 | 168 |
| 2007 | 0 | 188 | 188 |
| 2008 | 0 | 213 | 213 |
| 2009 | 0 | 198 | 198 |
| 2010 | 0 | 247 | 247 |
| 2011 | 0 | 312 | 312 |
| 2012 | 0 | 304 | 304 |
| 2013 | 1 | 364 | 365 |
| 2014 | 0 | 351 | 351 |
| 2015 | 0 | 367 | 367 |
| 2016 | 0 | 376 | 376 |
| 2017 | 0 | 425 | 425 |
| 2018 | 0 | 412 | 412 |
| 2019 | 0 | 405 | 405 |
| 2020 | 0 | 403 | 403 |
| 2021 | 0 | 311 | 311 |
| 2022 | 0 | 258 | 258 |
| 2023 | 0 | 251 | 251 |
| 2024 | 0 | 263 | 263 |
| 2025 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Burden of cardiometabolic diseases and depression in a low-income, urban community in Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 24; 25(1):757.
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Direct Reinfusion of Unwashed Shed Autologous Blood During Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Retrospective Analysis. Anesth Analg. 2025 Mar 01; 140(3):527-536.
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Red Meat Consumption and Hypertension: An Updated Review. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2025 Feb 10; 27(1):50.
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Type 1 Diabetes Genetic Risk Scores: History, Application and Future Directions. Curr Diab Rep. 2025 Feb 08; 25(1):22.
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Caregiver burden and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in the Nurses' Health Studies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 05; 194(2):362-369.
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Current Evidence on the Care of Young Infants With Hypothermia in the Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Feb 01; 41(2):146-151.
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AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Prevention and Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in At-Risk Individuals. Gastroenterology. 2025 Feb; 168(2):267-284.
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Maternal Diarrhea During the Periconceptional Period and the Risk of Birth Defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 2006-2011. Birth Defects Res. 2025 Feb; 117(2):e2438.
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Residual Mitral Regurgitation Interacts With Transmitral Mean Pressure Gradient to Modify the Association With Mortality Following Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Feb; 18(2):e014843.
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Early-onset atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jan 27; 32(2):100-112.