Case-Control Studies

"Case-Control 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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Comparisons that start with the identification of persons with the disease or outcome of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease or outcome of interest. The relationship of an attribute is examined by comparing both groups with regard to the frequency or levels of outcome over time.

Descriptor ID	D016022
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.760.500.500 N05.715.360.775.175.200 N06.850.520.450.500.500
Concept/Terms	Case-Control Studies Case-Control Studies Case-Control Study Studies, Case-Control Study, Case-Control Case-Comparison Studies Case Comparison Studies Case-Comparison Study Studies, Case-Comparison Study, Case-Comparison Case-Compeer Studies Studies, Case-Compeer Case-Referrent Studies Case Referrent Studies Case-Referrent Study Studies, Case-Referrent Study, Case-Referrent Case-Referent Studies Case Referent Studies Case-Referent Study Studies, Case-Referent Study, Case-Referent Case-Base Studies Case Base Studies Studies, Case-Base Case Control Studies Case Control Study Studies, Case Control Study, Case Control Nested Case-Control Studies Nested Case-Control Studies Case-Control Studies, Nested Case-Control Study, Nested Nested Case Control Studies Nested Case-Control Study Studies, Nested Case-Control Study, Nested Case-Control Matched Case-Control Studies Matched Case-Control Studies Case-Control Studies, Matched Case-Control Study, Matched Matched Case Control Studies Matched Case-Control Study Studies, Matched Case-Control Study, Matched Case-Control

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Case-Control 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]
Case-Control Studies [E05.318.760.500.500]
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]
Case-Control Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.200]
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]
Case-Control Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Case-Control Studies".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Case-Control Studies".

Case-Control Studies
Retrospective Studies

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Bar chart showing 857 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 54 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	8	8
1996	0	11	11
1997	0	12	12
1998	0	11	11
1999	0	8	8
2000	0	9	9
2001	0	12	12
2002	0	15	15
2003	0	24	24
2004	0	26	26
2005	0	32	32
2006	0	34	34
2007	0	34	34
2008	1	35	36
2009	0	33	33
2010	0	43	43
2011	0	38	38
2012	1	48	49
2013	2	45	47
2014	0	54	54
2015	0	32	32
2016	0	41	41
2017	0	37	37
2018	1	40	41
2019	0	41	41
2020	0	44	44
2021	0	39	39
2022	0	16	16
2023	0	13	13
2024	0	14	14
2025	0	3	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Case-Control Studies" by people in Profiles.

Tissera KA, Buros-Stein A, Delva CA, Mayur O, Hawryluk EB, Harris J, Garza-Mayers AC. No Association of Pediatric Vitiligo With Visual Acuity Deficits. Pediatr Dermatol. 2025 Mar-Apr; 42(2):318-321.

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Nancy Pandiarajan A, Kumar NP, Moideen K, Thiruvengadam K, Hissar S, Sivakumar S, Bethunaickan R, Viswanathan V, Kornfeld H, Babu S. Association of Altered Baseline Hematological Parameters with Adverse Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes. Pathogens. 2025 Feb 04; 14(2).

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Kolstad J, Zoppo C, Johnston JM, D'Souza P, K?hn AL, Vardar Z, Peker A, Hader A, Celik H, Lewis CJ, Lindsay C, Rentiya ZS, Lebel C, Vedantham S, Vachha B, Gray-Edwards HL, Acosta MT, Tifft CJ, Shazeeb MS. Natural history progression of MRI brain volumetrics in type II late-infantile and juvenile GM1 gangliosidosis patients. Mol Genet Metab. 2025 Mar; 144(3):109025.

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Schmidt A, Casadei N, Brand F, Demidov G, Vojgani E, Abolhassani A, Aldisi R, Butler-Laporte G, Alawathurage TM, Augustin M, Bals R, Bellinghausen C, Berger MM, Bitzer M, Bode C, Boos J, Brenner T, Cornely OA, Eggermann T, Erber J, Feldt T, Fuchsberger C, Gagneur J, G?pel S, Haack T, H?berle H, Hanses F, Heggemann J, Hehr U, Hellmuth JC, Herr C, Hinney A, Hoffmann P, Illig T, Jensen BO, Keitel V, Kim-Hellmuth S, Koehler P, Kurth I, Lanz AL, Latz E, Lehmann C, Luedde T, Maj C, Mian M, Miller A, Muenchhoff M, Pink I, Protzer U, Rohn H, Rybniker J, Scaggiante F, Schaffeldt A, Scherer C, Schieck M, Schmidt SV, Schommers P, Spinner CD, Vehreschild MJGT, Velavan TP, Volland S, Wilfling S, Winter C, Richards JB, Heimbach A, Becker K, Ossowski S, Schultze JL, N?rnberg P, N?then MM, Motameny S, Nothnagel M, Riess O, Schulte EC, Ludwig KU. Systematic assessment of COVID-19 host genetics using whole genome sequencing data. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Dec; 20(12):e1012786.

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DeCuir J, Surie D, Zhu Y, Lauring AS, Gaglani M, McNeal T, Ghamande S, Peltan ID, Brown SM, Ginde AA, Steinwand A, Mohr NM, Gibbs KW, Hager DN, Ali H, Frosch A, Gong MN, Mohamed A, Johnson NJ, Srinivasan V, Steingrub JS, Khan A, Busse LW, Duggal A, Wilson JG, Qadir N, Chang SY, Mallow C, Kwon JH, Exline MC, Shapiro NI, Columbus C, Vaughn IA, Ramesh M, Safdar B, Mosier JM, Casey JD, Talbot HK, Rice TW, Halasa N, Chappell JD, Grijalva CG, Baughman A, Womack KN, Rhoads JP, Swan SA, Johnson C, Lewis N, Ellington S, Dawood FS, McMorrow M, Self WH. Effectiveness of Original Monovalent and Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines Against COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization and Severe In-Hospital Outcomes Among Adults in the United States, September 2022-August 2023. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2024 11; 18(11):e70027.

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Halvorsen MW, de Schipper E, B?ckman J, Strom NI, Hagen K, Lindblad-Toh K, Karlsson EK, Pedersen NL, Wallert J, Bulik CM, Fund?n B, Land?n M, Kvale G, Hansen B, Haavik J, Mattheisen M, R?ck C, Mataix-Cols D, Crowley JJ. A burden of rare copy number variants in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Apr; 30(4):1510-1517.

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Ding H, Lister A, Karjadi C, Au R, Lin H, Bischoff B, Hwang PH. Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment From Non-Semantic, Acoustic Voice Features: The Framingham Heart Study. JMIR Aging. 2024 Aug 22; 7:e55126.

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Yuan Q, Hodgkinson C, Liu X, Barton B, Diazgranados N, Schwandt M, Morgan T, Bataller R, Liangpunsakul S, Nagy LE, Goldman D. Exome-wide association analysis identifies novel risk loci for alcohol-associated hepatitis. Hepatology. 2025 Apr 01; 81(4):1304-1317.

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L?pez-Medrano F, Carver PL, Rutjanawech S, Aranha-Camargo LF, Fernandes R, Belga S, Daniels SA, Mueller NJ, Burkhard S, Theodoropoulos NM, Postma DF, van Duijn PJ, Arnaiz de Las Revillas F, P?rez Del Molino-Bernal C, Hand J, Lowe A, Bodro M, Vanino E, Fern?ndez-Cruz A, Ramos-Mart?nez A, Makek MJ, Bou Mjahed R, Manuel O, Kamar N, Calvo-Cano A, Rueda-Carrasco L, Mu?oz P, ?lvarez-Ur?a A, P?rez-Recio S, Sab? N, Rodr?guez-?lvarez R, Silva JT, Mularoni A, Vidal E, Alonso-Titos J, Del Rosal T, Classen AY, Goss CW, Agarwal M, Mej?a-Chew C. Clinical Management and Outcomes of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Multinational Case-control Study. Transplantation. 2025 Feb 01; 109(2):e134-e141.

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Hop PJ, Lai D, Keagle PJ, Baron DM, Kenna BJ, Kooyman M, Halter C, Straniero L, Asselta R, Bonvegna S, Soto-Beasley AI, Wszolek ZK, Uitti RJ, Isaias IU, Pezzoli G, Ticozzi N, Ross OA, Veldink JH, Foroud TM, Kenna KP, Landers JE. Systematic rare variant analyses identify RAB32 as a susceptibility gene for familial Parkinson's disease. Nat Genet. 2024 Jul; 56(7):1371-1376.

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