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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Bar chart showing 4081 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	19	19
1998	0	31	31
1999	0	43	43
2000	0	39	39
2001	0	46	46
2002	0	50	50
2003	0	73	73
2004	0	76	76
2005	0	108	108
2006	0	112	112
2007	0	124	124
2008	0	139	139
2009	1	145	146
2010	0	178	178
2011	1	189	190
2012	0	181	181
2013	0	204	204
2014	0	225	225
2015	0	214	214
2016	0	209	209
2017	0	242	242
2018	0	224	224
2019	0	186	186
2020	0	222	222
2021	0	159	159
2022	0	146	146
2023	0	139	139
2024	0	165	165
2025	0	157	157
2026	0	10	10

Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in Profiles.

Ghazi L, Lewis CE, Jaeger BC, Kiefe CI, Foti K, Gabriel KP, Allen NB, Abdalla M, Levy PD, Hardy ST, Muntner P. Association of Socioeconomic Position with Incident Hypertension Hospitalization and Blood Pressure Control among Participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Am J Hypertens. 2026 May 01; 39(5):687-695.

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Ma KC, Surie D, Zhu Y, Grijalva CG, Blair PW, Safdar B, Ginde AA, Peltan ID, Brown SM, Gaglani M, Ghamande S, Columbus C, Mohr NM, Gibbs KW, Hager DN, Prekker ME, Gong MN, Mohamed A, Johnson NJ, Steingrub JS, Khan A, Hough CL, Duggal A, Gordon AJ, Qadir N, Chang SY, Mallow C, Busse LW, Kwon JH, Exline MC, Vaughn IA, Ramesh M, Lauring AS, Martin ET, Leis AM, Mosier JM, Harris ES, Baughman A, Johnson C, Casey JD, Halasa N, Chappell JD, Lewis N, Ellington S, Self WH, Dawood FS. Multimorbidity Profiles and Severe In-Hospital Outcomes in Adults With Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 17; 82(3):e561-e570.

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Saliou G, Salim HA, Musmar B, Adeeb N, Aslan A, Swaid C, Cuellar M, Dibas M, Cancelliere NM, Diestro JDB, Algin O, Ghozy S, Lay SV, Guenego A, Renieri L, Carnevale JA, Mastorakos P, ElNaamani K, Shotar E, M?hlenbruch MA, Kral M, Chung C, Salem MM, Lylyk I, Foreman PM, Shaikh H, ?upancic V, Hafeez MU, Catapano JS, Waqas M, Arslan M, Ergun O, Rabinov JD, Ren Y, Schirmer CM, Piano M, Kuhn AL, Michelozzi C, Starke RM, Hassan AE, Ogilvie M, Nguyen A, Jones J, Brinjikji W, Nawka MT, Psychogios MN, Ulfert C, Pukenas B, Burkhardt JK, Huynh TJ, Martinez-Gutierrez JC, Essibayi MA, Sheth SA, Slawski D, Tawk R, Pulli B, Lubicz B, Panni P, Puri AS, Pero G, Raz E, Griessenauer CJ, Asadi H, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI, Haranhalli N, Altschul D, Ducruet AF, Albuquerque FC, Regenhardt RW, Stapleton CJ, Kan P, Kalousek V, Lylyk P, Boddu SR, Knopman J, Tjoumakaris SI, Cuellar H, Jabbour P, Claren?on F, Limbucci N, Pereira VM, Patel AB, Dmytriw AA, Hajdu SD. Higher risk of recurrence in partially thrombosed cerebral aneurysms post-WEB (Woven EndoBridge) device treatment: insights from the WorldWideWEB Consortium registry. J Neurointerv Surg. 2026 Feb 16; 18(3):782-789.

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Khan SS, Greenland P, Hayman LL, Khera R, Navar AM, Pencina MJ, Reza N, Shah SH, Shanbhag S, Weber B, Wong S, Khera A. Criteria to Assess the Predictive and Clinical Utility of Novel Models, Biomarkers, and Tools for Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2026 Mar 17; 153(11):e953-e970.

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Khan M, Keser Z, Shu L, Lee E, Ho M, Klein P, Mallick D, Griffin K, Mandel D, Leker RR, Metanis I, Krishnaiah B, Omran S, Shahripour RB, Bakradze E, Henninger N, Engelter ST, Heldner MR, Antonenko K, Siegler JE, Marto JP, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Nolte CH, Crandall R, Lester E, Nehme A, Mac Grory B, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Elnazeir M, Al Kasab S, Asad D, Balabhadra A, Fonseca AC, Cruz D, Romoli M, Saleh Velez F, Simpkins AN, Sen S, Zedde M, Samaniego EA, Zubair A, Stretz C, Kam W, Abdalkader M, Yaghi S, Nguyen TN. Dissecting Aneurysm in Cervical Artery Dissection: Insights From the STOP-CAD Study. Stroke. 2026 Apr; 57(4):865-875.

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Mitra PR, Bertrand KA, Pfeiffer RM, Palmer JR, Ramireddy S, Hyer M, Fan S, Strohsnitter WC, Aagaard KM, Huo D, Titus L, Troisi R, Gierach GL. Prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure and risk of benign breast disease: The National Cancer Institute Diethylstilbestrol Follow-up Study. Int J Cancer. 2026 Jun 15; 158(12):3101-3111.

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Marto JP, Shu L, Wu E, Mendel DM, Heldner MR, Kaufmann JE, Leker RR, Zedde M, Nehme A, Muppa J, Aguiar de Sousa D, Sousa JA, Fonseca AC, Nzwalo H, Romoli M, Salehi Omran S, Keser Z, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Kam W, Zubair AS, Saleh Velez FG, Elangovan C, Krishnaiah B, Metanis I, Pascarella R, Siegler JE, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Antonenko K, Simpkins AN, Lester E, Crandall R, Rosa S, Soares M, Bakradze E, Willey JZ, Ghannam M, Samaniego EA, Elnazeir M, Klein P, Traenka C, Henninger N, Nguyen TN, Engelter ST, Yaghi S. Recurrent Cervical Artery Dissection Prevalence and Predictors: A Secondary Analysis of the STOP-CAD Study. Stroke. 2026 Apr; 57(4):876-882.

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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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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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