Sentences with phrase «as a risk factor for»

Leading health organisations, such as the World Health Organization, cite smoking, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity as risk factors for heart disease and stroke.

• A substantial study in New Zealand identified father's smoking as a risk factor for breastfeeding cessation at four months postpartum, independently of mother's smoking and other factors (McLeod et al, 2002).

Bedsharing with your infant after several drinks can also be a bad idea, as alcohol has been identified as a risk factor for SIDS.

Headache disorders as risk factors for sleep disturbances in school aged children.

Almost every study has identified smoking during pregnancy as a risk factor for SIDS.

Head trauma and participation in contact sports as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.

While it has yet to make the official list, some studies have identified VOCs and additional indoor air pollutants as a risk factor for SIDS.

Low level of social support is commonly cited as a risk factor for postpartum depression.

We considered the cost of hypertension alone plus the cost of hypertension as a risk factor for other cardiovascular disease, 41 subtracting out that portion resulting from coronary heart disease.42, 43 We used a direct annual cost of $ 998 and indirect annual morbidity cost of $ 98.

Peter M. Lewinsohn, Ph.D., Jill M. Holm - Denoma, Ph.D., Jason W. Small, B.A., et al. «Separation Anxiety Disorder in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Future Mental Illness.»

That said, there is research that suggests a heightened risk of negative maternal mood associated with «poor» infant sleep which serves as a risk factor for maternal depression and family stress [6].

Pacifier as a risk factor for acute otitis media: A randomized, controlled trial of parental counseling.

Early solids have also been implicated as a risk factor for adult obesity.

Rebreathing exhaled carbon dioxide trapped near an infant's airway by bedding has been suggested as a possible mechanism for the occurrence of SIDS in at - risk infants and may occur with the use of soft bedding, covering the head during sleep, and use of the prone sleep position.9 - 12 Inadequate ventilation might facilitate pooling of carbon dioxide around a sleeping infant's mouth and nose and might increase the likelihood of rebreathing.13, 14 Increased movement of air in the room of a sleeping infant may potentially decrease the accumulation of carbon dioxide around the infant's nose and mouth and reduce the risk of rebreathing.10 A recent study15 showing a significantly reduced risk of SIDS associated with pacifier use further supports the importance of rebreathing as a risk factor for SIDS.

Recently published studies have focused on validating treatment with empirical study and examining temperament as a risk factor for SM.

Caffeine and alcohol as risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome.

Methods: We systematically reviewed all literature published from 1980 to 2009 assessing levels of suboptimal breastfeeding as a risk factor for selected diarrhea morbidity and mortality outcomes.

And the size and representative nature of the study prompt the authors to conclude that their findings «indicate that social isolation, similarly to other risk factors such as depression, can be regarded as a risk factor for poor prognosis of individuals with cardiovascular disease.»

But epidemiological studies have identified pesticides as a risk factor for the disease.

These findings elucidate previous research indicating sleep abnormalities as risk factors for diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer.

The worldwide epidemics of both T2D and GDM are increasing in parallel, as risk factors for both conditions (unhealthy diet, obesity, lack of physical activity) increase in almost all countries of the world.

«Study points to penile microbiome as a risk factor for HIV in men.»

PCBs exposure in Anniston residents under 55 trumped both age and family history as a risk factor for diabetes.

«But our findings show that obesity can now be defined as a risk factor for developing multiple myeloma through this condition,» said the study's first author, Su - Hsin Chang, PhD, an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Washington University.

Wearing contact lenses has been identified as a risk factor for the development of eye infections such as giant papillary conjunctivitis and keratitis, «so these questions are important,» she said.

Previous studies have looked mainly at genes causing atherosclerosis and genes affecting the function of platelets and clotting processes as risk factors for ischemic stroke (clot obstructing blood flow to the brain).

However, in pregnant women OSA is usually untreated, since it is still underdiagnosed, and not fully appreciated as a risk factor for negative outcomes for mother and baby.

This project complements other work we are doing into the ways in which the aging process acts as a risk factor for neurodegenerative disease.»

New research presented today at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) identifies nicotine dependence, obesity, alcohol abuse and depressive disorders as risk factors for low back pain, a common condition causing disability, missed work, high medical costs and diminished life quality.

«Sedentary behavior is emerging as a risk factor for poor health,» said Christine L. Sardo Molmenti, PhD, MPH, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York.

While more than 20 genes have been identified as risk factors for AD in Caucasians, fewer than five have been identified for African Americans.

While preeclampsia has previously been examined as a risk factor for autism, the literature has been inconsistent.

Along with air pollution, smoking, low vitamin D levels, growing up in an urban environment and eating a lot of meats and sugars have all been implicated as risk factors for bowel diseases.

Professor Peymané Adab, Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology & Public Health, said: «This study contributes to existing evidence for sleep duration as a risk factor for obesity in childhood, and later bedtime as an additional risk factor — regardless of sleep duration.

One of the genes had been identified as a risk factor for two sleep disorders: restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement.

The call to action from ASCO follows a survey the group commissioned, which found that 70 percent of Americans do not recognize drinking alcohol as a risk factor for cancer.

The study, titled «Examination of Central Body Fat Deposition as a Risk Factor for Loss - of - Control Eating,» was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

«They suggest that it might be appropriate to view PTSD as a risk factor for metabolic disease and as such, to screen young veterans with PTSD for metabolic problems.»

«Our study indicates that night shift work serves as a risk factor for common cancers in women,» said Ma.

«Other research has looked at midlife hypertension as risk factor for dementia,» said study corresponding author Michael D. Murray, PharmD, MPH of the Regenstrief Institute's Center for Health Services Research and Purdue University College of Pharmacy.

«This research highlights the potential role of individual differences in verbal abilities during childhood as a risk factor for the subsequent development of alcohol use during adolescence and young adulthood,» said Michael Windle, professor and chair of the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

PPD can result in negative personal and child developmental outcomes, and identifying previous depressive episodes as a risk factor for PPD allows doctors to pursue earlier interventions.

«An association between a history of chronic diarrhea and the risk of developing RA supports the hypothesis of dysbiosis (a bacterial imbalance in the gut) as a risk factor for the emergence of immune - mediated inflammatory disease,» explained Professor Seror.

Most studies assessing the prevalence of alcohol abuse as a risk factor for alcoholic cirrhosis focus on total annual amount drunk per person.

Bereavement has long been known as a risk factor for death and this study increases our understanding of its effects on cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks and strokes.

This measure of unmet nursing care was also analyzed as a risk factor for repeat hospital admission within 30 days after AMI.

In its review of close to a decade of research, the American Psychological Association has found that exposure to violent video games serves as a risk factor for aggressive behavior.

Because high body iron stores have been suggested as a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction, donation of blood could theoretically reduce the risk by lowering body iron stores.

Recent genetic research in humans has implicated mutations in the gene for Tet2 as a risk factor for many different diseases of aging, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and stroke.

Diabetes as a risk factor for stroke in women compared with men: a systematic review and meta - analysis of 64 cohorts, including 775,385 individuals and 12,539 strokes