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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Risk Factors".

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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 3969 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 244 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	41	41
1997	0	29	29
1998	0	27	27
1999	0	43	43
2000	0	56	56
2001	0	53	53
2002	0	88	88
2003	0	79	79
2004	0	82	82
2005	0	102	102
2006	0	117	117
2007	0	124	124
2008	2	143	145
2009	0	116	116
2010	0	151	151
2011	0	178	178
2012	0	160	160
2013	0	185	185
2014	0	240	240
2015	0	184	184
2016	0	244	244
2017	0	222	222
2018	0	243	243
2019	0	203	203
2020	0	200	200
2021	0	182	182
2022	0	138	138
2023	0	141	141
2024	0	169	169
2025	0	27	27

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Nguyen NJ, Liu K, Lajkosz K, Iczkowski KA, van der Kwast TH, Downes MR. Addition of cribriform pattern 4 and intraductal prostatic carcinoma into the CAPRA-S tool improves post-radical prostatectomy patient stratification in a multi-institutional cohort. J Clin Pathol. 2025 Nov 19; 78(12):805-813.

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Sadacharam K, Uhl K, Kelleher S, Ungar GK, Staffa S, Cravero J, Bradley J, Milewski MD, Lau B, Muhly WT. Preoperative Psychological Factors, Postoperative Pain Scores, and Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms After Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Anesth Analg. 2025 Dec 01; 141(6):1355-1362.

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Fowler C, Chawla S, Chism L, Pastores SM, Auckley DH. Risk of Venous Thromboembolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Results from a National Cohort. Anesth Analg. 2025 10 01; 141(4):828-835.

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Ayub M, Bin Ali Zubairi M, Ghanchi N, Awan S, Jabeen K, Zubairi A. Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-positive and non-HIV patients: a retrospective comparative study from a lower-middle income country. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2025 Jul 21; 95(2).

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Pana TA, Mamas MA, Myint PK, Dawson DK. Sex differences in myocardial infarction care and outcomes: a longitudinal Scottish National Data-Linkage Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jun 03; 32(8):696-707.

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Koh YR, Li Y, Koh J, Ekrami E, Liu X, Argalious MY, Manlapaz MR, Troianos CA, Steinmetz MP, Farag E. The Association Between Fluid Management and Intraoperative Blood Pressure and Patients' Outcome After Complex Spine Surgeries. Anesth Analg. 2025 05 01; 140(5):1178-1187.

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Podder SK, Doermann A, Ibrahim G, Bowen M, Koeneman SH, Schleider C, Shindle K, Cowan SW, Yeo CJ, Hanna N. Impact of Disease Etiology and Indication for Colectomy on Postoperative Outcomes: NSQIP Colectomy-Targeted Database Study. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Apr 01; 240(4):365-376.

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Pham HN, Ibrahim R, Sainbayar E, Olson A, Singh A, Khanji MY, Lee J, Somers VK, Wenger C, Chahal CAA, Mamas MA. Burden of Hyperlipidemia, Cardiovascular Mortality, and COVID-19: A Retrospective-Cohort Analysis of US Data. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 03 04; 14(5):e037381.

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Montufar Wright PE, da Almeida Silva LC, Howard JJ, Raab S, Rogers KJ, Lindgren A, Miller F, Trionfo A, Shrader MW. Incidence of Femur Fracture Post Hardware Removal in Children With Cerebral Palsy Who Have Undergone Varus Derotational Osteotomy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2025 Jul 01; 45(6):e575-e580.

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Cheng RK, Roberts MB, Bansal N, Reding K, Salahuddin T, Mamas M, LaMonte M, Shadyab AH, Franceschini N, Klein L, Manson JE, Eaton CB. Association of Kidney Function With Incident Heart Failure: An Analysis of the Women's Health Initiative. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 03 04; 14(5):e037051.

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