Risk Factors

"Risk Factors" 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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An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.

Descriptor ID	D012307
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.740.600.800.725 N05.715.350.200.700 N05.715.360.750.625.700.700 N06.850.490.625.750 N06.850.520.830.600.800.725
Concept/Terms	Risk Factors Risk Factors Factor, Risk Factors, Risk Risk Factor Population at Risk Population at Risk Risk, Population at Populations at Risk Risk, Populations at

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
Probability [E05.318.740.600]
Risk [E05.318.740.600.800]
Risk Factors [E05.318.740.600.800.725]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Epidemiologic Factors [N05.715.350]
Causality [N05.715.350.200]
Risk Factors [N05.715.350.200.700]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
Probability [N05.715.360.750.625]
Risk [N05.715.360.750.625.700]
Risk Factors [N05.715.360.750.625.700.700]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Factors [N06.850.490]
Causality [N06.850.490.625]
Risk Factors [N06.850.490.625.750]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
Probability [N06.850.520.830.600]
Risk [N06.850.520.830.600.800]
Risk Factors [N06.850.520.830.600.800.725]

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

Bar chart showing 4160 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 242 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	24	24
1997	0	18	18
1998	0	30	30
1999	0	42	42
2000	0	39	39
2001	0	46	46
2002	0	50	50
2003	0	73	73
2004	0	76	76
2005	0	109	109
2006	0	115	115
2007	0	124	124
2008	0	139	139
2009	1	144	145
2010	0	177	177
2011	1	191	192
2012	0	182	182
2013	0	205	205
2014	0	222	222
2015	0	210	210
2016	0	204	204
2017	0	242	242
2018	0	225	225
2019	0	188	188
2020	0	222	222
2021	0	157	157
2022	0	145	145
2023	0	139	139
2024	0	168	168
2025	0	181	181
2026	0	71	71

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Kern AY, Kreinin Y, Charle L, Robert C, Epshtein M, Lucchetti A, Emonts C, Bolle T, Gries T, Chakf? N, Pop R, Korin N, Mangin PH. High-Shear Environment Promotes Acute Carotid Stent Thrombosis in Patients With Tandem Lesions. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 08 04; 15(15):e040671.

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Paudel K, Gautam K, Pagoto S, Xu R, Wickersham JA, Altice FL, Bhusal S, Sujan MSH, Copenhaver M, Hong C, Shrestha R. Suicidal ideation, mental health services, and barriers to care among syringe services program clients who use opioids. PLoS One. 2026; 21(7):e0354745.

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Jurgens EM, Mitra S, Herrera K, Nemirovsky D, Bready B, Derkach A, Hosszu K, McAvoy D, Firestone RS, Rajeeve S, Lesokhin AM, Korde N, Tan CR, Hashmi H, Hassoun H, Maclachlan K, Shah UA, Hultcrantz M, Merz M, Maura F, Giralt SA, Shah GL, Landau HJ, Scordo M, Kotchetkov IS, Santomasso BD, Park J, Leslie CS, Usmani SZ, Perica K, Mailankody S. Robust CD4+ CAR T cell expansion is associated with non-ICANS neurotoxicities after ciltacabtagene autoleucel in patients with multiple myeloma. Sci Transl Med. 2026 Jul 29; 18(860):eaed0039.

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Roberts AL, Vilela Braga AD, Tang IW, Rotem RS, Moo LR, Miller DR, Shirk SD, Weisskopf MG. Association of Military Branch and Rank With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Incidence Among United States Veterans. Neurology. 2026 Aug 25; 107(4):e218303.

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Saad AM, Eid F, Abozenah M, Valania GE, Goldsweig AM. In-hospital outcomes of sepsis hospitalizations among patients with cardiac amyloidosis: A 2022 National inpatient sample analysis. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2026 Oct; 51(10):103404.

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McGee-Avila JK, Haas CB, Shing JZ, Lawrence WR, Joe NS, Pfeiffer RM, Luo Q, Hsieh MC, Cherala S, Pawlish KS, Monterosso A, Cohen C, Hayes J, Callaway BS, Drezner K, Engels EA, Shiels MS. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Survival in People With and Without HIV in the United States, 2001-2019. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 07 08; 82(6):e1222-e1231.

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Claudel SE, Verma A. Trends in Prevalence of Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Control Among U.S. Adults, 2013-2023. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2026 Sep; 28(9):8581-8594.

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Schulz A, Maron MS, Peng LW, Maron BA, Amyar A, Ngo L, Olivotto I, Chan RH, Manning WJ, Rowin EJ, Nezafat R. Clinical Course and Predictors of Heart Failure in Asymptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Jul 07; 15(13):e048066.

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Sheen S, Hasan P, Sun X, Wang J, Tatsui C, Nouri K, Javed S. Retrospective Assessment of Adjacent Fracture Risks in Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, and Bone-Tumor Radiofrequency Ablation. Pain Pract. 2026 Jul; 26(6):e70182.

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Verberne NE, Yan J, Br?nn E, Yang Y, Zhou J, Skalkidou A, Bertone-Johnson ER, Kamperman AM, Lu D. Risk of perinatal psychiatric disorder among women with a history of premenstrual disorder: a nationwide register-based study from Sweden. BMJ Open. 2026 Jun 28; 16(6):e116361.

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