"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 | 44 | 44 |
| 1997 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| 1998 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 1999 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
| 2000 | 0 | 73 | 73 |
| 2001 | 0 | 102 | 102 |
| 2002 | 0 | 96 | 96 |
| 2003 | 1 | 119 | 120 |
| 2004 | 0 | 140 | 140 |
| 2005 | 0 | 162 | 162 |
| 2006 | 0 | 159 | 159 |
| 2007 | 0 | 193 | 193 |
| 2008 | 0 | 194 | 194 |
| 2009 | 0 | 202 | 202 |
| 2010 | 0 | 238 | 238 |
| 2011 | 0 | 322 | 322 |
| 2012 | 0 | 305 | 305 |
| 2013 | 1 | 381 | 382 |
| 2014 | 0 | 352 | 352 |
| 2015 | 0 | 398 | 398 |
| 2016 | 0 | 387 | 387 |
| 2017 | 0 | 447 | 447 |
| 2018 | 0 | 432 | 432 |
| 2019 | 0 | 420 | 420 |
| 2020 | 0 | 430 | 430 |
| 2021 | 1 | 322 | 323 |
| 2022 | 0 | 273 | 273 |
| 2023 | 0 | 279 | 279 |
| 2024 | 0 | 320 | 320 |
| 2025 | 0 | 298 | 298 |
| 2026 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Immune thrombocytopenia in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Blood. 2026 Mar 19; 147(12):1351-1364.
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Multimorbidity Profiles and Severe In-Hospital Outcomes in Adults With Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 17; 82(3):e561-e570.
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Novel risk score for predicting acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events after chest radiotherapy in patients with breast or lung cancer. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2026 Mar 13; 33(4):513-525.
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Prediabetes, Subclinical Myocardial Injury or Stress, and Heart Failure Risk for Adults With Hypertension. JAMA Cardiol. 2026 Mar 01; 11(3):281-287.
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Characteristics of Pregnant Veterans: A Descriptive Retrospective Medical Record Study. Mil Med. 2026 Mar 01; 191(3-4):e481-e486.
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Circulating Ketone Bodies and Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality: Insights From the UK Biobank. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Mar 03; 15(5):e042582.
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Pre-diagnostic body mass index trajectories and associations with lung cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 Feb 05; 195(2):358-366.
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Psychoactive Medication Use in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients: An Assessment of Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes. Pediatr Transplant. 2026 Feb; 30(2):e70272.
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Identifying the strongest novel gene-respiratory disease interactions for rheumatoid arthritis risk. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2026 Apr; 77:152937.
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Patient-Specific Computational Flow Simulation Reveals Adverse Hemodynamic Factors Associated With Occlusion of Directional Branches After Fenestrated-Branched Endovascular Aneurysm Repair. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Feb 03; 15(3):e044790.