"Comorbidity" 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.
The presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.
| Descriptor ID |
D015897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.225 N06.850.490.687
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Comorbidity".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Comorbidity".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Comorbidity" 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 | 7 | 7 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2000 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2001 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2002 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2003 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2004 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2005 | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| 2006 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 2007 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2008 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2009 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2010 | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| 2011 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2012 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2013 | 1 | 37 | 38 |
| 2014 | 2 | 42 | 44 |
| 2015 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2016 | 3 | 31 | 34 |
| 2017 | 2 | 45 | 47 |
| 2018 | 3 | 38 | 41 |
| 2019 | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| 2020 | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| 2021 | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| 2022 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2023 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in Profiles.
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Exploring the Role of Reward Functioning in the Overlap of Post-Traumatic Stress and Cocaine Use Disorder. Subst Use Misuse. 2025; 60(6):926-932.
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Bariatric surgery and relevant comorbidities: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Surg Endosc. 2025 03; 39(3):1419-1448.
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Gene and phenome-based analysis of the shared genetic architecture of eye diseases. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 Feb 06; 112(2):318-331.
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Borderline personality disorder in Trichotillomania and skin picking disorder: a survey study. BMC Psychol. 2024 Dec 18; 12(1):745.
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SAGES guidelines for the management of comorbidities relevant to metabolic and bariatric surgery. Surg Endosc. 2025 01; 39(1):1-10.
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Differential outcomes and treatment in non-traumatic carotid versus vertebral cervical artery dissection: A national inpatient sample study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Feb; 34(2):108170.
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A Research Agenda to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Sep 15; 210(6):715-729.
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Editors' Note: Investigating the Prevalence of Comorbidity in Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial Populations. Neurology. 2024 Oct 22; 103(8):e209893.
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Comparable improvement and resolution of obesity-related comorbidities in endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty vs laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: single-center study. Surg Endosc. 2024 Oct; 38(10):5914-5921.
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Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Trichotillomania. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2024 Aug 27; 26(4).