Sentences with phrase «average a total risk»

For example, in their study of 64 families, Ferguson and Vanderpool14 found that fathers» average total risk factors were lower at the end of the home visitation program than at the beginning of the program.

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The lines show the cumulative total return in the S&P 500 Index in all strictly negative market return / risk profiles we identify, partitioned by whether the S&P 500 was above or below its 200 - day average at the time.

Together, households in the 4th and 5th quintile account for only 10 % of the total sample, yet consume 40 % of the total volume of alcohol, with an average apparent consumption above the recommended level for low - risk of harm over the lifetime (i.e. no more than 2 standard drinks / day over the lifetime).

From that, she was able to determine how much of an arsenic «dose» an average child or adult would get from each food source and how close it would come to risk thresholds set by the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for total arsenic consumption across a person's diet.

[6] In the MSLT - 1 trial, patients with isolated nodal recurrence had more total lymph nodes involved by melanoma than patients randomized to SLN biopsy who had a positive biopsy (all of whom were to have CLND; an average of 3.2 lymph nodes involved with metastatic melanoma vs only 1.4 positive nodes, respectively; P <.0001), [2] and were more likely to meet established criteria for adjuvant radiation, [7] which further increases the risk of postoperative lymphedema.

In a quantitative summary of 40 prospective cohort studies with an average follow - up of 14.3 years, Yu (2011) found a 13 percent lower risk of total cancer among coffee drinkers compared to non-drinkers or those with lowest intakes.

However, if your total cholesterol is very high — 240 mg / dL or more — you have twice the risk of heart disease as someone with 200 mg / dL, on average.

Furthermore, in the VITamins And Lifestyle (VITAL) cohort study (3) of predominantly supplement users who were followed up from 2000 to 2002 through 2006, high intakes of total folate averaged over 10 y were associated with a decrease in breast cancer risk.

Although our primary exposures of interest were GI and glycemic load as risk factors for depression, we also investigated other measures of carbohydrate consumption computed from average daily intakes of foods and beverages reported on the WHI FFQ, including dietary added sugar, total sugars, specific types of sugars (glucose, sucrose, lactose, fructose), starch, and total carbohydrate.

High - risk lottery winners on average commit crimes with a total expected sentence of 35 months, compared to 59 months among lottery losers.

If you instead invest the money in a moderate - risk mutual fund or ETF (exchange - traded fund) and earn an average return of 5 %, you could reach your goal 4 months earlier — with total deposits of only $ 9,000.

The display metrics include averages for Total Return, Annualized Percent Return (APR), Maximum Drawdown (MAXDD), MAXDD Recovery Time, Standard Deviation (STDEV, aka volatility), and MFO Risk Group ranking.

Now that these bonds have fared so much better than stocks this past decade, we'd expect to have lower allocations to bonds than we had on average since we started these portfolios in early 2002, but we'll still use bond funds to reduce total risk of a crash, and as a parking place to have something to add to stocks when stocks tank again, as they eventually will.

The Sharpe ratio is the average return earned in excess of the risk - free rate per unit of volatility or total risk.

Having a greater - than - average tolerance for investment risk also doesn't absolve him of his near total allocation to Canadian equities.

The total risk index for the average fund is 1.00, with a risk index above 1.00 indicating greater than average risk.

Standard deviation is a measure of total risk that indicates the degree of variation in the actual returns relative to the average return over the period (three years in our figures); the higher the standard deviation, the greater the total risk.

Vanguard Emerging Market Index fund's (VEIEX) total risk index of 1.59 may seem high when compared to other stock funds, but the fund incurs less risk than the average emerging market fund.

It provides several benefits: more accurate insurance pricing, increased insurance affordability, a 10 % reduction in total vehicle mileage, a 12 - 15 % reduction in vehicle crashes and insurance claims (it is particularly effective at reducing crashes because it gives the highest risk motorists the greatest incentive to reduce mileage), consumer cost savings (motorists are predicted to save an average of $ 50 - 100 annually in net insurance costs), and significant reductions in traffic congestion, road and parking facility costs and pollution.

Both of these numbers are important for getting a full picture of your health, because even if you have a low total amount of cholesterol (200 is the ideal), if your total - cholesterol - to - HDL ratio is higher than 5, you could be at higher than average risk for heart disease.

The total sum of these risk values are then weighted against the national claims average of motorists who share similar traits.

While the tornado risk in Beaufort is small, as it is 43 percent less than the national average, it is important to bear in mind that major catastrophes such as tornadoes, hurricanes and house - fires can lead to a total loss of your home and all the property you keep inside.

For the parent report version of the SDQ used in the current study, the new four - band classification system for total difficulties scores is as follows: 0 — 13 «close to average», 14 — 16 «slightly raised», 17 — 19 «high» and above 19 «very high».17 For the purposes of analysis, we considered that all children with a total difficulties score below the threshold for high risk of emotional or behavioural problems (< 17) had «good» mental health.18 — 20 The SDQ has previously been found to be acceptable, 21 reliable and valid22 among the SEARCH cohort.

The results do not show higher average risk levels for psychosocial adjustment problems, even though a minority of the cases is at risk for social impairments (7.7 %), internalizing (23.1 %), externalizing (3.8 %) and total difficulties (11.5 %) and for distress in the parent — child system (15 %).

The chart reveals that apartments have historically outperformed industrial properties and are well above office and hotels with higher average total returns and less risk.

The Sharpe ratio is the average return earned in excess of the risk - free rate per unit of volatility or total risk.