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

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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 2043 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 129 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
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	66	66
2009	0	68	68
2010	0	80	80
2011	0	85	85
2012	0	105	105
2013	0	103	103
2014	0	129	129
2015	0	115	115
2016	1	102	103
2017	1	106	107
2018	0	104	104
2019	0	108	108
2020	0	123	123
2021	1	89	90
2022	0	77	77
2023	0	60	60
2024	0	102	102
2025	0	57	57
2026	0	10	10

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

Holden DN, Dingman JS, Sutton LH, Ramos-Estebanez C, El Ammar F, Warinpramote J, Siddiqui R, Choi R, Schneider L, Baker R, Bonderski V, Morsi RZ, Desai H, Kass-Hout T, Singh J, Kuhn AL, Puri AS, Gutierrez-Aguirre SF, Hanel RA, Zaidat OO, Ashouri Y, AlMajali M, Anderson E, Wetmore L, Barats M, Kimmons L, Scott W, Webb A, Johnson R, O'Donnell JN, Entezami P. Multicenter evaluation of the safety and efficacy of varying doses of cangrelor used in acute cerebrovascular stenting in patients with acute ischemic stroke. J Neurointerv Surg. 2026 Apr 16; 18(5):1372-1377.

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Xu S, Driban JB, Prakash PS, McAlindon TE, Eaton CB, Lu B. Metabolomic Signatures of Dietary Patterns and Incident Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Case-Cohort Study From the Osteoarthritis Initiative. J Rheumatol. 2026 Apr 01; 53(4):443-449.

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Sherman S, Duskin-Bitan H, Agiv T, Bar D, Marom-Haham L, Levi A, Mimouni D, Chen LC, Harris JE, Levitt JB, Schonmann Y, Cohen AD, Netzer D. Bidirectional association between vitiligo and melasma: A large-scale population-based study. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2026 Mar-Apr; 92(2):150-156.

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Bheemireddy S, Gajjar AA, Abe M, Custozzo A, Lipp S, Ringer A, Essibayi MA, Altschul D, Goren O, Oliver J, Reese JC, Entezami P, Chaudry I, Manos S, Turk AS, Sagues E, Gudino A, Samaniego EA, K?hn AL, Singh J, Puri AS, Roy JM, ElNaamani K, Gooch MR, Jaikumar V, Siddiqui AH, Boulos AS, Dalfino JC, Paul AR. Multicenter study of association between socioeconomic status and treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurysms compared to unruptured cerebral aneurysms: insights from 4,517 patients using the area deprivation index. J Neurointerv Surg. 2026 Feb 16; 18(3):886-892.

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C?novas R, Cox T, Dor? V, Bourgeat P, Fripp J, Feizpour A, Shishegar R, Fowler CJ, Laws SM, Porter T, Rainey-Smith S, Shaw LM, Bateman RJ, Li Y, Vitaliy O, Weiner MW, Morris JC, Benzinger TLS, Schindler SE, Nakamura A, Iwatsubo T, Ikeuchi T, Kato T, Maruff P, Sohrabi HR, Rowe CC, Martins RN, Masters CL, Doecke JD. When Does Alzheimer's Disease Start? Plasma A?42/40 Assays Show Steep Changes at A?-PET Centiloid 15, Mean Age of 66?Years. Ann Neurol. 2026 May; 99(5):1327-1342.

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Choi H, Lee K, Han K, Shin DW, Lee H. Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease risk in tuberculosis survivors: A nationwide Korean cohort study. Int J Infect Dis. 2026 Mar; 164:108387.

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Jeon KH, Jung J, Cho MH, Lee D, Han K, Cho IY, Shin DW. RA and risk of colorectal cancer: a nationwide cohort study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2026 01 08; 65(1).

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Falk EN, Chrzanowski SM, Coyne F, Sheldon Y, Cherkerzian S, Parad RB. Interpreting Neonatal hyperCKemia Identified Through Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Newborn Screening: A Predictive Model Based on Maternal, Labor, Delivery and Newborn Factors. Muscle Nerve. 2026 Mar; 73(3):459-470.

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Naeem A, Bolaji O, Kidess GG, Fahed J, Jahan S, Basit J, Khan MH, Mangeshkar S, Sorci S, Kassis-George H, Dani S, Alraies MC. Durability of sotatercept response in pulmonary hypertension: Insights from extended real-world follow-up. Int J Cardiol. 2026 Mar 15; 447:134150.

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Choi HL, Kim B, Park YM, Yoo JE, Kim S, Jeong SM, Han K, Shin DW. Metabolic obesity phenotypes and breast cancer risk before and after menopause: A nationwide cohort study in South Korea. Cancer. 2026 01 01; 132(1):e70244.

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