"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 | 40 | 40 |
| 1999 | 0 | 45 | 45 |
| 2000 | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| 2001 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2002 | 0 | 81 | 81 |
| 2003 | 0 | 73 | 73 |
| 2004 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
| 2005 | 0 | 108 | 108 |
| 2006 | 0 | 122 | 122 |
| 2007 | 0 | 130 | 130 |
| 2008 | 0 | 165 | 165 |
| 2009 | 0 | 126 | 126 |
| 2010 | 1 | 162 | 163 |
| 2011 | 0 | 185 | 185 |
| 2012 | 0 | 180 | 180 |
| 2013 | 0 | 197 | 197 |
| 2014 | 0 | 218 | 218 |
| 2015 | 0 | 237 | 237 |
| 2016 | 0 | 189 | 189 |
| 2017 | 0 | 242 | 242 |
| 2018 | 1 | 259 | 260 |
| 2019 | 0 | 232 | 232 |
| 2020 | 1 | 232 | 233 |
| 2021 | 0 | 200 | 200 |
| 2022 | 0 | 117 | 117 |
| 2023 | 0 | 117 | 117 |
| 2024 | 0 | 156 | 156 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Associations between menstrual pain and sexual function: the role of visceral hypersensitivity on developing sexual pain. J Sex Med. 2025 Jan 03; 22(1):98-106.
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Refining breast cancer genetic risk and biology through multi-ancestry fine-mapping analyses of 192 risk regions. Nat Genet. 2025 Jan; 57(1):80-87.
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Assessment of intermediate-term mortality following pancreatectomy for cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Jan 01; 117(1):49-57.
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How to Predict Recurrence After Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Anticancer Res. 2025 Jan; 45(1):189-199.
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Tailoring Kidney Transplant Strategies: Unraveling the Impact of Acute Kidney Injury and Preservation Methods Across Different Strata of Kidney Risk. Clin Transplant. 2025 Jan; 39(1):e70078.
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Next generation brain health: transforming global research and public health to promote prevention of dementia and reduce its risk in young adult populations. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2024 Dec; 5(12):100665.
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Islet Isolation Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplantation in the POST Consortium. Transplantation. 2025 Jan 01; 109(1):207-216.
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Inappropriate Therapy and Shock Rates Between the Subcutaneous and Transvenous Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator: A Secondary Analysis of the PRAETORIAN Trial. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2024 Dec; 17(12):e012836.
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Genetic and environmental risks for clonal hematopoiesis and cancer. J Exp Med. 2025 Jan 06; 222(1).
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CT-Based Lung Size Matching in Delayed Chest Closure for Systemic Sclerosis Lung Transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2024 Dec; 38(12):e70041.