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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cohort Studies" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cohort Studies" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 2023 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	84	84
2012	0	105	105
2013	0	103	103
2014	0	130	130
2015	0	114	114
2016	1	103	104
2017	1	104	105
2018	0	104	104
2019	0	110	110
2020	0	122	122
2021	1	87	88
2022	0	77	77
2023	0	59	59
2024	0	101	101
2025	0	42	42

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

Singh R, Pierce CB, Makker K, Jacobson L, Jensen ET, Vaidya R, Gogcu S, Sanderson K, South AM, Thompson A, Perng W, Perrin EM, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Dunlop AL, Dabelea D, Ferrara A, Hedderson MM, Zhu Y, Karagas M, Camargo CA, Hockett CW, Aris IM, McEvoy CT, Ganiban JM, Farzan S, Serrano-Gonzalez M, Carnell S, Geiger SD, Zhao Q, O'Shea TM. Association of Maternal Prepregnancy BMI With Offspring Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Childhood. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Dec; 33(12):2330-2344.

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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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Metz VE, Palzes VA, Binswanger IA, Altschuler A, Poulsen MN, Ahmedani BK, Andrade SE, Clark RE, Hechter RC, Horberg MA, Sanchez K, Bailey SR, Stephens KA, Rubinstein AL, Campbell CI. Risks for Adverse Events by Sex and Age After Prescription Opioid Dose Reduction: A Secondary Analysis Across 8 U.S. Health Systems. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Dec; 69(6):108085.

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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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Herrera-Caceres JO, Wettstein M, Matin SF, Labbate C, Potretzke A, Rodriguez R, Singla N, Pallauf M, Huang W, Nagpal S, Kleinmann N, Shvero A, Small A, Green B, Linehan J, Choe J, Shah O, Rai A, Kaimakliotis H, Tachibana I, Canes D, Perecman A, Raman JD. Outcomes of endoscopic management for upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A multi-center international cohort analysis. Urol Oncol. 2025 Dec; 43(12):697.e1-697.e9.

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Cho MH, Jung J, Kim TH, Han K, Lee D, Jeon KH, Cho IY, Shin DW. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Risk of Thyroid Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 Nov; 77(11):1359-1367.

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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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