"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 | 25 | 25 |
| 1997 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 1998 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 1999 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 2000 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2001 | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| 2002 | 0 | 84 | 84 |
| 2003 | 0 | 79 | 79 |
| 2004 | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| 2005 | 0 | 109 | 109 |
| 2006 | 0 | 125 | 125 |
| 2007 | 0 | 132 | 132 |
| 2008 | 0 | 160 | 160 |
| 2009 | 1 | 130 | 131 |
| 2010 | 1 | 162 | 163 |
| 2011 | 0 | 189 | 189 |
| 2012 | 0 | 182 | 182 |
| 2013 | 0 | 197 | 197 |
| 2014 | 0 | 236 | 236 |
| 2015 | 0 | 263 | 263 |
| 2016 | 0 | 206 | 206 |
| 2017 | 0 | 261 | 261 |
| 2018 | 1 | 282 | 283 |
| 2019 | 0 | 269 | 269 |
| 2020 | 1 | 267 | 268 |
| 2021 | 0 | 224 | 224 |
| 2022 | 0 | 137 | 137 |
| 2023 | 0 | 157 | 157 |
| 2024 | 0 | 214 | 214 |
| 2025 | 0 | 199 | 199 |
| 2026 | 0 | 120 | 120 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Predictive Utility of Coronary Artery Calcium Score Added to the PREVENT Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Equations. JAMA. 2026 Oct 06; 336(13):1126-1134.
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Evaluating Allostatic Load as a Framework for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Across Sociodemographic Groups: Insights from a Safety-Net Population. J Breast Imaging. 2026 10 03; 8(5):530-539.
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Acute exacerbation in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: an international working group report. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Oct 01; 212(10):2358-2385.
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Pulmonary hypertension in anti-synthetase syndrome: prevalence, comparative risk across autoimmune diseases and impact on survival. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2026 Oct 01; 65(10).
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Renal blood flow and progression to kidney failure in ADPKD. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2026 Sep 30; 41(10):1878-1886.
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Unified genetic risk score for prostate cancer enables improved risk stratification for clinical decision-making. J Med Genet. 2026 Sep 29; 63(10):676-682.
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Prevalence and factors associated with cognitive impairment in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease: A prospective observational study. J Clin Neurosci. 2026 Dec; 154:112320.
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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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Genetic factor analysis for characterizing phenome-wide patterns of genetic pleiotropy. Nat Genet. 2026 Oct; 58(10):2494-2501.
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Late cytopenia after CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in large B-cell lymphoma: a Cell Therapy Consortium analysis. Blood Adv. 2026 09 22; 10(18):6188-6197.