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 1082 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 79 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	2	2
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	6	6
1999	0	3	3
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	6	6
2002	0	20	20
2003	0	20	20
2004	0	24	24
2005	0	24	24
2006	0	44	44
2007	0	34	34
2008	0	42	42
2009	0	50	50
2010	0	51	51
2011	0	57	57
2012	1	63	64
2013	0	68	68
2014	0	66	66
2015	0	79	79
2016	0	67	67
2017	1	67	68
2018	0	48	48
2019	0	40	40
2020	0	50	50
2021	0	41	41
2022	0	19	19
2023	0	22	22
2024	0	28	28
2025	0	30	30
2026	0	6	6

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

Chen JSC, Osborne JWA, Menz HB, Abbott M, Munteanu SE, Entwisle T, Connell DA, Landorf KB. Plantar Heel Pain Is Not Associated With Fatty Infiltration of the Abductor Digiti Minimi Muscle on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study. J Foot Ankle Res. 2026 Jun; 19(2):e70155.

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Beecham AH, McGovern DPB, Brugger SW, Davis MF, Torres EA, Gomez L, Li D, Lopez-Marte P, Daly MJ, Stevens C, Yang S, Sinha S, Mengesha E, Leavitt J, Damas OM, Quintero MA, Targan SR, Rabizadeh S, Sabic K, Cho JH, Abreu MT, McCauley JL, Haritunians T. Genomic Insights Into Inflammatory Bowel Disease in United States Hispanic Participants: An Ancestry-Focused Study. Gastroenterology. 2026 May; 170(5):953-970.

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Mondal T, Korba BE, Loffredo CA, Smith CI, Quartey R, Sahota J, Moses G, Howell CD, Nunlee-Bland G, Sherif ZA, Ghosh S. Transcriptomic Profiling of MicroRNA and Non-Coding RNA from Whole Blood of African Americans with MASLD. Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Feb 09; 27(4).

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Li JL, Zhang H, Wang X, Jia G, McClellan JC, Guo W, Sun Y, Fiorica PN, Ambs S, Barnard ME, Chen Y, Garcia-Closas M, Gu J, Hu JJ, John EM, Nathanson KL, Nemesure B, Pal T, Shu XO, Press MF, Sanderson M, Sandler DP, Troester MA, Yao S, Long J, Ahearn TU, Brewster AM, Falusi A, Kraft P, Hennis AJM, Makumbi T, Mapoko BSE, O'Brien KM, Ojengbede O, Olshan AF, Reid S, Zirpoli G, Cai Q, Butler EN, Huang M, Obafunwa J, Weinberg CR, Ambrosone C, Ping J, Tao R, Li B, Guo X, Gao G, Conti DV, Chatterjee N, Palmer JR, Olopade OI, Zheng W, Haiman CA, Huo D. Improved polygenic risk prediction models for breast cancer subtypes in women of African ancestry. Nat Genet. 2026 Mar; 58(3):560-569.

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Xie R, Cheong LY, Zhang D, Wu KCH, Chan SCW, Au I, Leung KSM, Wu JTK, Chan TM, Yap DYH. Vaccine-associated lupus and related organ involvements: A pharmacovigilance analysis of VAERS database 1990-2025. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2026 Apr; 77:152933.

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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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Saleem S, Sajid MS, Varghese RS, Sherif ZA, Kroemer A, Ressom HW. Phosphopeptidome Profiling of Human Plasma for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Biomarker Discovery. J Proteome Res. 2026 Feb 06; 25(2):1115-1125.

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Hadji M, Rashidian H, Marzban M, Rezaianzadeh A, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Nejatizadeh A, Seyyedsalehi MS, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Haghdoost AA, Malekzadeh R, Freedman ND, Etemadi A, Kamangar F, Pukkala E, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. The association between waterpipe smoking and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: A multicenter case-control study in Iran. Int J Cancer. 2026 May 01; 158(9):2309-2316.

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Kuang H, Wang BN, Jia XY, Cui Z, Yu XJ, Jiang N, Borza DB, Zhao MH. Perlecan is a novel target of autoantibodies in anti-glomerular basement membrane disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2025 Dec 23; 41(1):55-66.

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Xia T, Wang Z, Lakamraju T, Haslam DE, Thangarajan S, Wong DTW, Liang L, Joshipura K, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB, Lee KH, Bhupathiraju SN. Multi-fluid, multi-omics signatures of insulin resistance and incident type 2 diabetes among Puerto Rican adults. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025; 16:1699656.

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