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Chronic disease

MedGen UID:
3453
Concept ID:
C0008679
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Chronic Disease; Chronic Diseases; Chronic Illness; Chronic Illnesses; Disease, Chronic; Illness, Chronic
SNOMED CT: Chronic disease (27624003)

Definition

A disease condition that persists over a significant span of time. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChronic disease

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Izquierdo M, Merchant RA, Morley JE, Anker SD, Aprahamian I, Arai H, Aubertin-Leheudre M, Bernabei R, Cadore EL, Cesari M, Chen LK, de Souto Barreto P, Duque G, Ferrucci L, Fielding RA, García-Hermoso A, Gutiérrez-Robledo LM, Harridge SDR, Kirk B, Kritchevsky S, Landi F, Lazarus N, Martin FC, Marzetti E, Pahor M, Ramírez-Vélez R, Rodriguez-Mañas L, Rolland Y, Ruiz JG, Theou O, Villareal DT, Waters DL, Won Won C, Woo J, Vellas B, Fiatarone Singh M
J Nutr Health Aging 2021;25(7):824-853. doi: 10.1007/s12603-021-1665-8. PMID: 34409961
Aslan AT, Balaban HY
World J Gastroenterol 2020 Oct 7;26(37):5543-5560. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i37.5543. PMID: 33071523Free PMC Article
Fragala MS, Cadore EL, Dorgo S, Izquierdo M, Kraemer WJ, Peterson MD, Ryan ED
J Strength Cond Res 2019 Aug;33(8):2019-2052. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003230. PMID: 31343601

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Garvey WT
Endocr Pract 2022 Feb;28(2):214-222. Epub 2021 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.11.082. PMID: 34823000
Ma Y, Xiang Q, Yan C, Liao H, Wang J
BMC Psychiatry 2021 Sep 6;21(1):436. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03428-3. PMID: 34488696Free PMC Article
Dinleyici M, Çarman KB, Özdemir C, Harmancı K, Eren M, Kirel B, Şimşek E, Yarar C, Duyan Çamurdan A, Şahin Dağlı F
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Stefani L, Galanti G
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Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2013 Oct;20(5):389-95. doi: 10.1097/01.med.0000433056.76699.5d. PMID: 23974765

Diagnosis

Garvey WT
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022 Mar 24;107(4):e1339-e1347. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab848. PMID: 34865050Free PMC Article
Blazer DG, Schultz SK
Clin Geriatr Med 2020 May;36(2):xiii-xv. Epub 2019 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2019.11.014. PMID: 32222309
Niu B
Curr Pharm Des 2018;24(34):3989. doi: 10.2174/138161282434190117093652. PMID: 30714517
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Br Med Bull 2018 Dec 1;128(1):61-74. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldy036. PMID: 30418540
Madu AJ, Ughasoro MD
Med Princ Pract 2017;26(1):1-9. Epub 2016 Sep 28 doi: 10.1159/000452104. PMID: 27756061Free PMC Article

Therapy

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JAMA 2022 Dec 13;328(22):2252-2264. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.21022. PMID: 36511921
Adami G, Saag KG, Danila MI
Curr Osteoporos Rep 2019 Dec;17(6):521-526. doi: 10.1007/s11914-019-00551-9. PMID: 31773402
Mukamal KJ, Clowry CM, Murray MM, Hendriks HF, Rimm EB, Sink KM, Adebamowo CA, Dragsted LO, Lapinski PS, Lazo M, Krystal JH
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Lancet 1981 Mar 28;1(8222):681-6. PMID: 6110912

Prognosis

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J Intern Med 2017 Feb;281(2):106-122. Epub 2016 Sep 6 doi: 10.1111/joim.12543. PMID: 27597529
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Eur J Heart Fail 2016 Jun;18(6):613-25. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.566. PMID: 27324686
Murray CJ, Ortblad KF, Guinovart C, Lim SS, Wolock TM, Roberts DA, Dansereau EA, Graetz N, Barber RM, Brown JC, Wang H, Duber HC, Naghavi M, Dicker D, Dandona L, Salomon JA, Heuton KR, Foreman K, Phillips DE, Fleming TD, Flaxman AD, Phillips BK, Johnson EK, Coggeshall MS, Abd-Allah F, Abera SF, Abraham JP, Abubakar I, Abu-Raddad LJ, Abu-Rmeileh NM, Achoki T, Adeyemo AO, Adou AK, Adsuar JC, Agardh EE, Akena D, Al Kahbouri MJ, Alasfoor D, Albittar MI, Alcalá-Cerra G, Alegretti MA, Alemu ZA, Alfonso-Cristancho R, Alhabib S, Ali R, Alla F, Allen PJ, Alsharif U, Alvarez E, Alvis-Guzman N, Amankwaa AA, Amare AT, Amini H, Ammar W, Anderson BO, Antonio CA, Anwari P, Arnlöv J, Arsenijevic VS, Artaman A, Asghar RJ, Assadi R, Atkins LS, Badawi A, Balakrishnan K, Banerjee A, Basu S, Beardsley J, Bekele T, Bell ML, Bernabe E, Beyene TJ, Bhala N, Bhalla A, Bhutta ZA, Abdulhak AB, Binagwaho A, Blore JD, Basara BB, Bose D, Brainin M, Breitborde N, Castañeda-Orjuela CA, Catalá-López F, Chadha VK, Chang JC, Chiang PP, Chuang TW, Colomar M, Cooper LT, Cooper C, Courville KJ, Cowie BC, Criqui MH, Dandona R, Dayama A, De Leo D, Degenhardt L, Del Pozo-Cruz B, Deribe K, Des Jarlais DC, Dessalegn M, Dharmaratne SD, Dilmen U, Ding EL, Driscoll TR, Durrani AM, Ellenbogen RG, Ermakov SP, Esteghamati A, Faraon EJ, Farzadfar F, Fereshtehnejad SM, Fijabi DO, Forouzanfar MH, Fra Paleo U, Gaffikin L, Gamkrelidze A, Gankpé FG, Geleijnse JM, Gessner BD, Gibney KB, Ginawi IA, Glaser EL, Gona P, Goto A, Gouda HN, Gugnani HC, Gupta R, Gupta R, Hafezi-Nejad N, Hamadeh RR, Hammami M, Hankey GJ, Harb HL, Haro JM, Havmoeller R, Hay SI, Hedayati MT, Pi IB, Hoek HW, Hornberger JC, Hosgood HD, Hotez PJ, Hoy DG, Huang JJ, Iburg KM, Idrisov BT, Innos K, Jacobsen KH, Jeemon P, Jensen PN, Jha V, Jiang G, Jonas JB, Juel K, Kan H, Kankindi I, Karam NE, Karch A, Karema CK, Kaul A, Kawakami N, Kazi DS, Kemp AH, Kengne AP, Keren A, Kereselidze M, Khader YS, Khalifa SE, Khan EA, Khang YH, Khonelidze I, Kinfu Y, Kinge JM, Knibbs L, Kokubo Y, Kosen S, Defo BK, Kulkarni VS, Kulkarni C, Kumar K, Kumar RB, Kumar GA, Kwan GF, Lai T, Balaji AL, Lam H, Lan Q, Lansingh VC, Larson HJ, Larsson A, Lee JT, Leigh J, Leinsalu M, Leung R, Li Y, Li Y, De Lima GM, Lin HH, Lipshultz SE, Liu S, Liu Y, Lloyd BK, Lotufo PA, Machado VM, Maclachlan JH, Magis-Rodriguez C, Majdan M, Mapoma CC, Marcenes W, Marzan MB, Masci JR, Mashal MT, Mason-Jones AJ, Mayosi BM, Mazorodze TT, Mckay AC, Meaney PA, Mehndiratta MM, Mejia-Rodriguez F, Melaku YA, Memish ZA, Mendoza W, Miller TR, Mills EJ, Mohammad KA, Mokdad AH, Mola GL, Monasta L, Montico M, Moore AR, Mori R, Moturi WN, Mukaigawara M, Murthy KS, Naheed A, Naidoo KS, Naldi L, Nangia V, Narayan KM, Nash D, Nejjari C, Nelson RG, Neupane SP, Newton CR, Ng M, Nisar MI, Nolte S, Norheim OF, Nowaseb V, Nyakarahuka L, Oh IH, Ohkubo T, Olusanya BO, Omer SB, Opio JN, Orisakwe OE, Pandian JD, Papachristou C, Caicedo AJ, Patten SB, Paul VK, Pavlin BI, Pearce N, Pereira DM, Pervaiz A, Pesudovs K, Petzold M, Pourmalek F, Qato D, Quezada AD, Quistberg DA, Rafay A, Rahimi K, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Ur Rahman S, Raju M, Rana SM, Razavi H, Reilly RQ, Remuzzi G, Richardus JH, Ronfani L, Roy N, Sabin N, Saeedi MY, Sahraian MA, Samonte GM, Sawhney M, Schneider IJ, Schwebel DC, Seedat S, Sepanlou SG, Servan-Mori EE, Sheikhbahaei S, Shibuya K, Shin HH, Shiue I, Shivakoti R, Sigfusdottir ID, Silberberg DH, Silva AP, Simard EP, Singh JA, Skirbekk V, Sliwa K, Soneji S, Soshnikov SS, Sreeramareddy CT, Stathopoulou VK, Stroumpoulis K, Swaminathan S, Sykes BL, Tabb KM, Talongwa RT, Tenkorang EY, Terkawi AS, Thomson AJ, Thorne-Lyman AL, Towbin JA, Traebert J, Tran BX, Dimbuene ZT, Tsilimbaris M, Uchendu US, Ukwaja KN, Uzun SB, Vallely AJ, Vasankari TJ, Venketasubramanian N, Violante FS, Vlassov VV, Vollset SE, Waller S, Wallin MT, Wang L, Wang X, Wang Y, Weichenthal S, Weiderpass E, Weintraub RG, Westerman R, White RA, Wilkinson JD, Williams TN, Woldeyohannes SM, Wong JQ, Xu G, Yang YC, Yano Y, Yentur GK, Yip P, Yonemoto N, Yoon SJ, Younis M, Yu C, Jin KY, El Sayed Zaki M, Zhao Y, Zheng Y, Zhou M, Zhu J, Zou XN, Lopez AD, Vos T
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Clinical prediction guides

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Recent systematic reviews

Kreider RB, Stout JR
Nutrients 2021 Jan 29;13(2) doi: 10.3390/nu13020447. PMID: 33572884Free PMC Article
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J Med Internet Res 2015 Feb 24;17(2):e52. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3951. PMID: 25803266Free PMC Article

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