"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.
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
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| 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
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| 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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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1999 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2000 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2001 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2002 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2003 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2006 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2007 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2008 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2009 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2010 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2011 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2012 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2013 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2014 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2015 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2016 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2017 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2018 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| 2019 | 0 | 78 | 78 |
| 2020 | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| 2021 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2022 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2023 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2024 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2025 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Overweight, obesity, and cardiovascular disease in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: the EAS FH Studies Collaboration registry. Eur Heart J. 2025 Mar 24; 46(12):1127-1140.
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Incident type 2 diabetes and its risk factors in men and women aged 40-60 years from four sub-Saharan African countries: results from the AWI-Gen study. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Mar; 13(3):e459-e466.
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Intraventricular hemorrhage among very low birth weight infants in a South African cohort: a retrospective study of trends & short-term outcomes. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Feb 25; 25(1):138.
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Self-reported hypertension prevalence, risk factors, and knowledge among South Africans aged 24 to 40 years old. J Hum Hypertens. 2025 Feb; 39(2):177-187.
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Trends and ethnic disparity in endometrial cancer mortality in South Africa (1999-2018): A population-based Age-period-cohort and Join point regression analyses. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0313487.
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Factors associated with occupational injuries among bricklayers and carpenters in Building Construction: insights from a mixed methods study in Osun State, Nigeria. BMC Public Health. 2025 01 22; 25(1):277.
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Performance of Polygenic Risk Scores for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in Populations of African Descent. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2025 Jan 01; 143(1):7-14.
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Cohort profile: the potentially preventable burden of community-acquired pneumonia in South African adults in the era of widespread PCV13 immunisation and antiretroviral therapy roll-out, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic - the multicentre, multimethod PotPrev Study. BMJ Open. 2024 12 20; 14(12):e080553.
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Smokeless tobacco (snuff) and site-specific cancer risks in adult Black South African women: Findings from the Johannesburg Cancer Study. Int J Cancer. 2025 May 15; 156(10):1916-1925.
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The PRIMED Consortium: Reducing disparities in polygenic risk assessment. Am J Hum Genet. 2024 Dec 05; 111(12):2594-2606.