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 2017 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 130 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	8	8
1996	0	15	15
1997	0	12	12
1998	0	16	16
1999	0	15	15
2000	0	13	13
2001	0	20	20
2002	0	31	31
2003	0	36	36
2004	0	45	45
2005	1	48	49
2006	0	49	49
2007	0	50	50
2008	0	67	67
2009	0	68	68
2010	0	81	81
2011	0	86	86
2012	0	105	105
2013	0	103	103
2014	0	130	130
2015	0	113	113
2016	1	103	104
2017	1	105	106
2018	0	104	104
2019	0	111	111
2020	0	122	122
2021	1	87	88
2022	0	76	76
2023	0	59	59
2024	0	99	99
2025	0	36	36

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

Mateos MK, Ajuyah P, Fuentes-Bolanos N, El-Kamand S, Barahona P, Altekoester AK, Mayoh C, Holliday H, Liu J, Cui L, Pfaff E, Mackay A, Resnick AC, Pinese M, Lau LMS, Khuong-Quang DA, Dias K, Goudie C, Salkeld A, Rokita JL, Jones DTW, Juretic N, Hayden E, Pfister SM, Kramm CM, Blattner-Johnson M, Jabado N, Tsoli M, Vittorio O, Mueller S, Guo Y, Tucker K, Waszak SM, Perreault S, Jones C, Wong-Erasmus M, Cowley MJ, Ziegler DS. Germline analysis of an international cohort of pediatric diffuse midline glioma patients. Neuro Oncol. 2025 Sep 08; 27(7):1849-1863.

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Kim J, Cole MB, Rosenberg J, Morris A, Feinberg E, Sheldrick RC. Integrated Behavioral Health Services and Psychosocial Symptoms in Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 02; 8(9):e2532020.

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Kim J, Kim B, Han KD, Kwon S, Shin DW, Min JH. Risk of depression in chronic immune-mediated neuropathies: A nationwide cohort study in South Korea. J Affect Disord. 2026 Jan 01; 392:120204.

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Haas CB, McGee-Avila JK, Luo Q, Pfeiffer RM, Gershman S, Cherala S, Cohen C, Monterosso A, Archer N, Insaf TZ, Engels EA, Shiels MS. Cancer Incidence and Trends in US Adults With HIV. JAMA Oncol. 2025 Aug 01; 11(8):855-863.

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Buhr RG, Jackson NJ, Fazio JC, Barjaktarevic I, Bateman LA, Bhatt SP, Couper DJ, Curtis JL, Dolezal BA, Drummond MB, Han MK, Hansel NN, Iyer AS, Krishnan JA, Martinez FJ, Ohar J, Paine R, Rennard SI, Smith BM, Tashkin DP, Woodruff PG, Anderson WH, Cooper CB. Characteristics Associated with Lung Function Trajectories: An Analysis of the SPIROMICS Cohort. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Aug; 22(8):1165-1175.

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Bakhshi B, Sultana N, Lin H, Fei D, Vallejo V, Gatanti A, Steenkamp DW, Murabito JM, McKeown NM, Walker ME, Spartano NL. Associations of diet composition and quality with continuous glucose monitor-derived glycemic metrics in a community-based cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Oct; 122(4):942-953.

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Park J, Han K, Kim B, Lee K, Jang HR, Yoon JM, Lim DH, Shin DW. Risk of age-related macular degeneration according to the chronic kidney disease and proteinuria in Korea: a 10-year nationwide cohort study. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 22; 15(1):26595.

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Curtis KL, Piraccini BM, Starace M, Rapparini L, Richert B, Rubin AI, Jellinek NJ, Tosti A, Di Chiacchio NG, Di Chiacchio N, Iorizzo M, Grover C, Hinshaw MA, Vlahovic TC, Bellet JS, Rigopoulos D, Lipner SR. Diagnosis and management of yellow nail syndrome: An international multi-institutional retrospective cohort study of 111 cases by an expert panel. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Nov; 93(5):1268-1276.

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Tejwani V, Putcha N, Woo H, Liu C, Lafon D, Alexis NE, Azar A, Barr RG, Barjaktarevic I, Bowler RP, Comellas A, Couper DJ, Fawzy A, Han MK, Hansel NN, Kaner RJ, Krishnan JA, Marchetti N, Martinez FJ, Ohar J, O'Neal W, Ortega VE, Paine Iii R, Pottinger TD, St?mpfli M, Ruvuna L, Woodruff PG, Freeman CM, Huang YJ, Curtis JL. Associations of serum and bronchoalveolar immunoglobulins with lung microbiota diversity, B-cell memory phenotypes, and COPD morbidity and exacerbations. Respir Res. 2025 Jul 18; 26(1):250.

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Siegler JE, Goicoechea EB, Penckofer M, Eklund K, Yaghi S, Stretz C, Lineback CM, Stamm B, Peter S, D'Souza M, Conyers FG, Khasiyev F, Kerrigan D, Lewis S, Ali H, Aboul-Nour H, Sharma R, Nahab FB, Glover P, Thompson SL, Alshaer QN, Thottempudi N, de Havenon A, Culbertson CJ, Melkumova E, Chionatos RA, Jillella DV, Daniel JA, Ro J, Frankel MR, Dumitrascu OM, Brown S, Parikh P, Doolittle C, Yahnke I, Sathya A, Kang J, Kirchhoffer K, Bowman A, Smith MM, Brorson JR, Asabere A, Shahrivari M, Elangovan C, Sheibani N, Krishnaiah B, Gaudio E, Sloane KL, Rothstein A, Alvi MM, Annam S, Amankwah C, Kam W, Abburi N, Farooqui M, Rojas-Soto D, Molaie A, Khezri N, Zubair AS, Abbasi M, Van Coevering RJ, Chen L, Nedelcu S, Herpich F, Chahien D, Sehgal S, Liebeskind DS, Linares G, Zha A, Sarkar M, Xi R, Nelson A, Abu Qdais A, Al Kasab S, Singh E, Patel V, Aziz YN, Mehndiratta P, DeMarco A, Sharrief A, Cucchiara B, Salehi Omran S, Nguyen TN, Dubinski M, Ackerman J, Thon J. Outcomes of Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source Treated With Antiplatelet Agents or Anticoagulation: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Neurology. 2025 Aug 12; 105(3):e213876.

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