"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 | 29 | 29 |
| 1996 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 1997 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 1998 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 1999 | 0 | 45 | 45 |
| 2000 | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| 2001 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2002 | 0 | 81 | 81 |
| 2003 | 0 | 74 | 74 |
| 2004 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| 2005 | 0 | 109 | 109 |
| 2006 | 0 | 122 | 122 |
| 2007 | 0 | 129 | 129 |
| 2008 | 0 | 161 | 161 |
| 2009 | 0 | 126 | 126 |
| 2010 | 1 | 162 | 163 |
| 2011 | 0 | 187 | 187 |
| 2012 | 0 | 181 | 181 |
| 2013 | 0 | 197 | 197 |
| 2014 | 0 | 219 | 219 |
| 2015 | 0 | 237 | 237 |
| 2016 | 0 | 188 | 188 |
| 2017 | 0 | 243 | 243 |
| 2018 | 1 | 260 | 261 |
| 2019 | 0 | 234 | 234 |
| 2020 | 1 | 234 | 235 |
| 2021 | 0 | 201 | 201 |
| 2022 | 0 | 117 | 117 |
| 2023 | 0 | 121 | 121 |
| 2024 | 0 | 187 | 187 |
| 2025 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Breast Cancer Risk Modification in Women with Pathogenic Variants in BRCA1, BRCA2, ATM, CHEK2, and PALB2. Cancer Res Commun. 2025 May 01; 5(5):783-791.
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Screening ultrasound for deep vein thrombosis detection in high-risk pediatric trauma. Pediatr Surg Int. 2025 Apr 24; 41(1):124.
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Biases in the performance of FRAX without BMD in predicting fracture risk in a multiethnic population with diabetes: the Diabetes and Aging Study. J Bone Miner Res. 2025 Apr 21; 40(4):478-491.
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Stroke risk prediction in symptomatic anterior circulation ICAD: Analysis of regional QMRA flow from the MYRIAD study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Jun; 34(6):108322.
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EndoPRS: Incorporating endophenotype information to improve polygenic risk scores for clinical endpoints-A study in asthma. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 May 01; 112(5):1199-1214.
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Incidence Trends and Risk of Recurrent Stroke of Cervical Artery Dissections in the United States Between 2005 and 2019. Neurology. 2025 May 13; 104(9):e213548.
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Reproductive and Hormonal Factors and Thyroid Cancer Risk: Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies in the Asia Cohort Consortium. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2025 Apr 01; 18(4):209-221.
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Genetic and Nongenetic Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Risk Estimation. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 01; 8(4):e255804.
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Factors Associated With Stroke Recurrence After Initial Diagnosis of Cervical Artery Dissection. Stroke. 2025 Jun; 56(6):1413-1421.
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Airway associated inflammation in post-transplant cystic fibrosis patients as a predictor of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). J Clin Pathol. 2025 Mar 19; 78(4):251-258.