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 2809 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 188 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	2	2
1995	0	8	8
1996	0	13	13
1997	0	4	4
1998	0	9	9
1999	0	8	8
2000	0	6	6
2001	0	13	13
2002	0	31	31
2003	0	73	73
2004	0	80	80
2005	1	86	87
2006	0	87	87
2007	0	117	117
2008	0	135	135
2009	0	137	137
2010	0	122	122
2011	0	159	159
2012	0	157	157
2013	0	159	159
2014	0	188	188
2015	1	165	166
2016	0	149	149
2017	0	161	161
2018	0	177	177
2019	0	125	125
2020	0	142	142
2021	0	135	135
2022	0	77	77
2023	0	72	72
2024	0	10	10

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Fernandes SN, Zuckerman E, Miranda R, Baroni A. When Night Falls Fast: Sleep and Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2024 Mar; 47(1):273-286.

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Ahn JH, Kang MC, Youn J, Park KA, Han KD, Jung JH. Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and incidence of Parkinson's disease based on a nationwide population based study. Sci Rep. 2024 02 05; 14(1):2930.

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Vyas Y, Tsai NC, Katz AR, Pham T. Hepatitis B Prevalence and Risk Factors in Foreign-Born Asians and Pacific Islanders at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Hawai'i, 2015-2020. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 Feb; 83(2):48-53.

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Kim YG, Min K, Jeong JH, Roh SY, Han KD, Shim J, Choi JI, Kim YH. Temporal elevation of blood pressure is associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Sci Rep. 2024 01 27; 14(1):2289.

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Yazdanpanah MH, Sharafkhah M, Poustchi H, Etemadi A, Sheikh M, Kamangar F, Pourshams A, Boffetta P, Dawsey SM, Abnet CC, Malekzadeh R, Hashemian M. Mineral Intake and Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and All-Cause Mortality: Findings from the Golestan Cohort Study. Nutrients. 2024 Jan 24; 16(3).

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Nabila S, Choi JY, Abe SK, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, Shin A, Merritt MA, Katagiri R, Shu XO, Sawada N, Tamakoshi A, Sakata R, Hozawa A, Kim J, Nagata C, Park SK, Kweon SS, Cai H, Tsugane S, Kimura T, Kanemura S, Sugawara Y, Wada K, Shin MH, Ahsan H, Boffetta P, Chia KS, Matsuo K, Qiao YL, Rothman N, Zheng W, Inoue M, Kang D. Differential patterns of reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer according to birth cohorts among women in China, Japan and Korea. Breast Cancer Res. 2024 Jan 22; 26(1):15.

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Jafar TH, Seng LL, Wang Y, Lim CW, Chan CM, Kwek JL, Coffman TM, Ping Y, Bee YM, Allen JC. Heterogeneity by age and gender in the association of kidney function with mortality among patients with diabetes - analysis of diabetes registry in Singapore. BMC Nephrol. 2024 Jan 17; 25(1):23.

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Zhu J, Liu S, Walker KA, Zhong H, Ghoneim DH, Zhang Z, Surendran P, Fahle S, Butterworth A, Alam MA, Deng HW, Wu C, Wu L. Associations between genetically predicted plasma protein levels and Alzheimer's disease risk: a study using genetic prediction models. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 01 11; 16(1):8.

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Huang J, Kee MZL, Law EC, Sum KK, Silveira PP, Godfrey KM, Daniel LM, Tan KH, Chong YS, Chan SY, Eriksson JG, Meaney MJ, Huang JY. Parental and child genetic burden of glycaemic dysregulation and early-life cognitive development: an Asian and European prospective cohort study. Transl Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 04; 14(1):2.

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Kok CR, Bram Z, Thissen JB, Horseman TS, Fong KSK, Reichert-Scrivner SA, Paguirigan C, O'Connor K, Thompson K, Scheiber AE, Mabery S, Ngauy V, Uyehara CF, Be NA. The military gear microbiome: risk factors surrounding the warfighter. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 01 24; 90(1):e0117623.

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