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. 2025 Jan 9;11:e62939. doi: 10.2196/62939

Table 5.

Co-occurrence between keywords related to internal exposomes and health event categories among the articles published between 1975 and 2024. Each cell refers to the number of times (%) a keyword related to an exposome category (eg, chemical agent) was mentioned among all publications in which a keyword related to a health event category (eg, cancer) appeared (N=296). Please note that the absolute value for each row is provided in parentheses with the row header and remains the same for all the parameters in that row.

Health event, n Internal exposome (%)

Age Sex BMI BPa Heredity Ethnicity Hormone Menopause Metabolism OSb Inflammation

Cardiovascular disease (n=17) 5.88 11.8 5.88 5.88 0 5.88 0 0 0 0 0
Work-related disease (n=5) 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Autoimmune disease (IBDc, RAd, vasculitis, and NRe; n=9) 0 0 11.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cancer (n=150) 3.62 27.5 2.17 0 0.73 1.45 3.62 0.73 2.9 0.73 0
Dental health (n=2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ocular disorder (n=6) 16.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frailty (n=2) 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anemia (n=1) 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
Infectious disease (malaria, Lyme disease, tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, and NR; n=14) 0 7.14 0 0 0 7.14 0 0 0 0 0
Injury (including workplace accident and disability; n=40) 4.26 8.51 2.13 0 0 2.13 0 2.13 0 0 0
Chronic kidney disease (n=3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental health disorder (depression, suicide, and NR; n=25) 9.52 4.76 4.76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metabolic disorder (diabetes, dysthyroidism, and NR; n=9) 11.1 0 11.1 11.1 0 11.1 0 0 0 0 0
Mortality (n=75) 4.17 17.7 0 0 1.04 0 1.04 2.08 0 0 0
Musculoskeletal disorder (arthritis, low-back pain, and NR; n=14) 7.14 14.3 7.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neurodegenerative disease (ADf, ALSg, MNDh, MSi, PDj, and NR; n=33) 6.06 0 0 0 3.03 6.06 0 0 12.1 6.06 0
Sensory impairment (n=1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reproductive disorder (birth defects, infertility, spontaneous abortion, and NR; n=24) 0 28.6 14.3 0 0 7.14 7.14 0 7.14 0 0
Respiratory disorder (allergy, asthma, COPDk, pneumonia, sarcoidosis, and NR; n=39) 5.88 11.8 8.82 2.94 0 5.88 0 0 5.88 0 2.94
Skin disorder (dermatitis and NR; n=2) 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

aBP: blood pressure.

bOS: oxidative stress.

cIBD: inflammatory bowel disease.

dRA: rheumatoid arthritis.

eNR: not reported.

fAD: Alzheimer disease.

gALS: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

hMND: motor neuron disease

iMS: multiple sclerosis.

jPD: Parkinson disease.

kCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.