Table 1.
Disease areas most relevant to respondents’ researcha
| Category | All respondents (n=696) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentb | |
| Nervous system diseases [CIO] | 236 | 34% |
| Neoplasms [C04] | 181 | 26% |
| Cardiovascular diseases [C14] | 171 | 25% |
| Immune system diseases [C20] | 166 | 24% |
| Nutritional and metabolic diseases [C18] | 127 | 18% |
| Bacterial infections and mycoses [C01] | 112 | 16% |
| Endocrine system diseases [C19] | 110 | 16% |
| Respiratory tract diseases [C08] | 103 | 15% |
| Viral diseases [C02] | 98 | 14% |
| Musculoskeletal diseases [C05] | 98 | 14% |
| Digestive system diseases [C06] | 94 | 14% |
| Hemic and lymphatic diseases [C15] | 72 | 10% |
| Congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities [C16] 72 | 10% | |
| Skin and connective tissue diseases [C17] | 71 | 10% |
| Eye diseases [C11] | 48 | 7% |
| Female urogenital diseases and pregnancy complications [C13] 52 | 7% | |
| Male urogenital diseases [C12] | 45 | 6% |
| Parasitic diseases [C03] | 43 | 6% |
| Otorhinolaryngologic diseases [C09] | 23 | 3% |
| Stomatognathic diseases [C07] | 13 | 2% |
a
Survey respondents were asked to ‘Please check all general disease MeSH Headings that are relevant to your research research’ to categorize their research interests using MeSH headings to facilitate future connections with the Foci Foci-of-Expertise (FoX) Synergy Brower.
b
The majority (62.8%) of investigators listed multiple interest areas. The total percentages will not add up to 100%.