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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Bar chart showing 1448 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 84 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	2	2
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	5	5
1999	0	5	5
2000	0	5	5
2001	0	4	4
2002	0	20	20
2003	0	26	26
2004	0	30	30
2005	0	35	35
2006	0	38	38
2007	0	51	51
2008	0	60	60
2009	0	54	54
2010	0	58	58
2011	0	62	62
2012	0	79	79
2013	0	66	66
2014	0	82	82
2015	0	71	71
2016	0	61	61
2017	0	73	73
2018	0	70	70
2019	0	84	84
2020	0	77	77
2021	0	75	75
2022	1	68	69
2023	0	58	58
2024	0	75	75
2025	0	52	52

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

Yan A, Kundu S, Samuels DC, Bailin S, Xu K, So-Armah K, Butt AA, Gerschenson M, Goetz MB, Doyle M, Tracy R, Marconi VC, Justice A, Freiberg M, Koethe JR, Hulgan T. Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups, Biomarkers of Inflammation and Immune Activation, and Risk of Diabetes in Veterans With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus. J Infect Dis. 2025 Dec 20; 232(6):e1003-e1011.

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Sangaramoorthy M, Li Y, Gibbons J, Yang J, Ihenacho U, Lin K, Inamdar PP, Chen F, Wu AH, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Wilkens LR, Shariff-Marco S, Cheng I. Neighborhood racial and ethnic composition typology and breast cancer risk: the Multiethnic Cohort Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Oct 07; 194(10):2775-2786.

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Velmovitsky P, Keown-Stoneman C, J Pfisterer K, Hews-Girard J, Saliba J, Saha S, Patten S, King N, Duffy A, Pham Q. Development of a Recommendation Engine to University Student Mental Health Support Aligned With Stepped Care: Longitudinal Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Sep 17; 27:e72669.

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Pradhan P, Wen W, Powers AC, Warren Andersen S, Sanderson M, Lipworth L, Zheng W. Associations of Type 2 Diabetes with Risk of Overall and Site-Specific Cancers in a Cohort of Predominantly Low-Income Racially Diverse Populations. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Sep 02; 34(9):1627-1634.

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Rouzier V, Reif LK, Riche RC, Bajo MJ, Hilaire G, Devieux JG, Bang H, Abrams EJ, Deschamps MM, Schackman BR, Pape JW, Fitzgerald DW, McNairy ML. FANMI ("My Family"): A Randomized Trial of Community Cohort Care for Adolescent Girls and Young Women Living with HIV in Haiti. AIDS Behav. 2025 Dec; 29(12):3894-3907.

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Monroe KS, Schiehser DM, Parr AW, Simmons AN, Hays Weeks CC, Bailey BA, Shahidi B. Biological Markers of Brain Network Connectivity and Pain Sensitivity Distinguish Low Coping from High Coping Veterans with Persistent Post-Traumatic Headache. J Neurotrauma. 2025 Nov; 42(21-22):1918-1933.

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Shiraseb F, Keshtkar A, Poustchi H, Pourshams A, Etemadi A, Kamangar F, Boffetta P, Abnet CC, Mirzaei K, Malekzadeh R, Hashemian M. Dietary Intake of Animal and Plant Proteins and Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancer Mortality: Results from the Golestan Cohort Study. J Nutr. 2025 Oct; 155(10):3479-3495.

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Naghash M, Calafat AM, Poustchi H, Wang L, Roshandel G, Botelho JC, Kamangar F, Boffetta P, Abnet CC, Freedman ND, Malekzadeh R, Etemadi A. Associations between Opium Route of Use and Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Potential Carcinogenicity Mechanism. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Aug 01; 34(8):1425-1431.

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Xu H, Li S, Bowblis JR, Pappadis MR, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Medicaid Payments and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Alzheimer Disease Special Care Units. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2525057.

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Juarez R, Phankitnirundorn K, Ozorio Dutra SV, Bond-Smith D, Lee AG, Maunakea AK. Health and Social Support in the Aftermath of the Maui Wildfires. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2525430.

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