Cohort Studies

"Cohort Studies" 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.

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Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics.

Descriptor ID	D015331
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.760.500.750 N05.715.360.775.175.250 N06.850.520.450.500.750
Concept/Terms	Cohort Studies Cohort Studies Cohort Study Studies, Cohort Study, Cohort Concurrent Studies Studies, Concurrent Concurrent Study Study, Concurrent Closed Cohort Studies Closed Cohort Studies Cohort Studies, Closed Closed Cohort Study Cohort Study, Closed Study, Closed Cohort Studies, Closed Cohort Analysis, Cohort Analysis, Cohort Cohort Analysis Analyses, Cohort Cohort Analyses Historical Cohort Studies Historical Cohort Studies Cohort Study, Historical Historical Cohort Study Study, Historical Cohort Studies, Historical Cohort Cohort Studies, Historical Incidence Studies Incidence Studies Incidence Study Studies, Incidence Study, Incidence

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cohort Studies".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [E05.318.760]
Epidemiologic Studies [E05.318.760.500]
Cohort Studies [E05.318.760.500.750]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [N05.715.360.775]
Epidemiologic Studies [N05.715.360.775.175]
Cohort Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.250]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [N06.850.520.450]
Epidemiologic Studies [N06.850.520.450.500]
Cohort Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.750]

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Bar chart showing 1899 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 126 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	9	9
1996	0	15	15
1997	0	12	12
1998	0	15	15
1999	0	16	16
2000	0	14	14
2001	0	22	22
2002	0	35	35
2003	0	41	41
2004	0	52	52
2005	1	52	53
2006	0	53	53
2007	0	59	59
2008	0	75	75
2009	0	68	68
2010	0	79	79
2011	0	88	88
2012	0	105	105
2013	0	110	110
2014	0	126	126
2015	0	106	106
2016	1	103	104
2017	1	92	93
2018	0	94	94
2019	0	96	96
2020	0	104	104
2021	1	75	76
2022	0	58	58
2023	0	42	42
2024	0	73	73
2025	0	6	6

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cohort Studies" by people in Profiles.

Bell AJ, Ram S, Labaki WW, Murray S, Kazerooni EA, Galban S, Martinez FJ, Hatt CR, Wang JM, Ivanov V, McGettigan P, Khokhlovich E, Maiorino E, Suryadevara R, Boueiz A, Castaldi PJ, Mirkes EM, Zinovyev A, Gorban AN, Galban CJ, Han MK. Temporal Exploration of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotypes: Insights from the COPDGene and SPIROMICS Cohorts. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr; 211(4):569-576.

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Spartano NL, Sultana N, Lin H, Cheng H, Lu S, Fei D, Murabito JM, Walker ME, Wolpert HA, Steenkamp DW. Defining Continuous Glucose Monitor Time in Range in a Large, Community-Based Cohort Without Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Mar 17; 110(4):1128-1134.

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Doerr AJ, Orwig TA, McNulty M, Sison SDM, Paquette DR, Leung R, Ding H, Erban SB, Weinstein BR, Guilarte-Walker Y, Zai AH, Walkey AJ, Soni A, McManus DD, Lin H. Digital Assessment of Cognitive Health in Outpatient Primary Care: Usability Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Mar 12; 9:e66695.

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Vivanco-Suarez J, Dibas M, Lopes DK, Hanel RA, Mart?nez-Gald?mez M, Rodriguez-Calienes A, Cortez GM, Fifi JT, Devarajan A, Toth G, Patterson T, Altschul D, Pereira VM, Liu E, Puri AS, Kuhn AL, Guerrero WR, Khandelwal P, Bach I, Kan P, Edhayan G, Given C, Narayanan S, Gross BA, Farooqui M, Galecio-Castillo M, Derakhshani S, Ortega-Gutierrez S. Safety and effectiveness assessment of the surpass evolve (SEASE): a post-market international multicenter study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Feb 14; 17(3):277-283.

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Hoover C, Trivedi AN, Bello A, Culpepper WJ, Gasper J, Gaither R, Jiang L, Rennix C, Schneiderman A, Wellenius GA, Woskie SR, Savitz DA. Deployment to bases with open burn pits and mortality of US Military Veterans. Occup Environ Med. 2025 Feb 12; 81(12):632-634.

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Herbert C, Antar AAR, Broach J, Wright C, Stamegna P, Luzuriaga K, Hafer N, McManus DD, Manabe YC, Soni A. Relationship Between Acute SARS-CoV-2 Viral Clearance and Long COVID-19 (Long COVID) Symptoms: A Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 05; 80(1):82-90.

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Rong J, Pathiravasan CH, Zhang Y, Faro JM, Wang X, Schramm E, Borrelli B, Benjamin EJ, Liu C, Murabito JM. Baseline Smartphone App Survey Return in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study Offspring and Omni 1 Study: eCohort Study. JMIR Aging. 2024 Dec 31; 7:e64636.

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Lindgren E, Shu L, Simaan N, Krzywicka K, de Winter MA, S?nchez van Kammen M, Molad J, Klein P, Hallevi H, Barnea R, Heldner MR, Hiltunen S, de Sousa DA, Ferro JM, Arauz A, Putaala J, Arnold M, Nguyen TN, Stretz C, Tatlisumak T, Jood K, Yaghi S, Leker RR, Coutinho JM, Mansour M, Canh?o P, Ekizoglu E, Rodrigues M, Silva EM, Garcia-Esperon C, Arnao V, Aladin S, Mendel R, Aridon P, Sezgin M, Alasheev A, Smolkin A, Guisado-Alonso D, Yesilot N, Barboza MA, Ghiasian M, Silvis SM, Fang T, Siegler JE, Wu T, Wilson D, Asad SD, Al Kasab S, Almallouhi E, Frontera J, Rothstein A, Bakradze E, Omran SS, Henninger N, Kuohn L, Zubair A, Sharma R, Kerrigan D, Aziz Y, Mistry E, Zuurbier SM. Development and Validation of a Clinical Score to Predict Epilepsy After Cerebral Venous Thrombosis. JAMA Neurol. 2024 Dec 01; 81(12):1274-1283.

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Loew EB, McCormick B, Haran JP. Basic Science and Pathogenesis. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Dec; 20 Suppl 1:e092439.

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Ding H, Gifford K, Shih LC, Ho K, Rahman S, Igwe A, Low S, Popp Z, Searls E, Li Z, Madan S, Burk A, Hwang PH, Anda-Duran I, Kolachalama VB, Au R, Lin H. Exploring the Perspectives of Older Adults on a Digital Brain Health Platform Using Natural Language Processing: Cohort Study. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Nov 18; 8:e60453.

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