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These comprised of established risk factors for conduct problems and depression outcomes for which we felt the assumption of a causal predictive relationship with parental alcohol use could be justified.

Approximately two decades after the review by House and colleagues [1], a generation of empirical research validates their initial premise: Social relationships exert an independent influence on risk for mortality comparable with well established risk factors for mortality (Figure 6).

In addition, they propose a unique solution, one more akin to the types of strategies used by thoughtful clinicians — namely, children in need might be best identified not only through the presence of early behavioural signs and symptoms but also through the convergence of other indicators, such as well established risk factors for adverse outcomes independent from the behavioural indicators themselves (eg, single parent status, family poverty, neuropsychological functioning, etc).

Older adults living alone showed a higher likelihood of reporting at least one depressive symptom compared with those living with family members or others, which was consistent with earlier studies.24 25 Living alone and loneliness are established risk factors for depression and depressive symptoms in older adults.

In fact, as I discuss extensively in Chapter 16 of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food, soy protein isolate and other soy protein products are well - established risk factors for the exocrine type of pancreatic cancer that killed actors Michael Landon, Patrick Swayze and astronaut Sally Ride, but not for the much rarer endocrine type that killed Jobs.

Previous studies have correlated decreased sleep times with established risk factors for calcification, including high blood pressure, excess weight, and poor glucose regulation.

This discovery is important from a medical standpoint because the only firmly established risk factors for the disease until now have been age, family history and ethnicity.

«Our findings indicate that sexual minorities living in communities with higher levels of prejudice die sooner than sexual minorities living in low - prejudice communities, and that these effects are independent of established risk factors for mortality, including household income, education, gender, ethnicity, and age, as well as the average income and education level of residents in the communities where the respondents lived,» said Dr. Hatzenbuehler.

«Interestingly, however, while supine [on the back] positioning has been a well - established risk factor for the development of plagiocephaly, we were not able to demonstrate a logical correlation to indicate more severe flattening from the supine position.»

«Obesity is a well - established risk factor for breast cancer in the general population and some studies suggest that maintaining a healthy lifestyle by exercising or avoiding obesity may decrease the likelihood of developing cancer in BRCA mutation carriers.»

Alcohol is an established risk factor for homicide perpetration and victimization.

«The strength of associations found in this study is comparable to the modest increases that have been found in blood lead, an established risk factor for diminished IQ,» said Dr. Graziano.

These recommendations are based largely on a body of research that links higher sodium intakes to certain «surrogate markers» such as high blood pressure, an established risk factor for heart disease.

In fact, it's hostility by itself that's a well - established risk factor for heart disease.

But did you know it's a well - established risk factor for MS, too?

Family history of colon cancer is an established risk factor for the disease, but only one study, according to Henderson's team, has looked at whether family history affects the link between HRT and colon cancer risk — and it found no evidence that it did.

Not exact matches

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He described the goal of reducing the overall number of head impacts that high school football players sustain in a season as «logical» and «appealing,» but noted that, «until the risk factors for chronic traumatic encephalopathy [25](CTE) are better defined by carefully designed and controlled research,» and research determines «what the advisable limit to head impact exposure should be,» employing contact limits or establishing «hit counts [4]» will remain «educated guesses, at best.»

When I have no risk factors for gestational diabetes and I want to know if I can have an alternative to flooding my body with sugar water to see how it deals and I hear what amounts to no reason or just doubt as to how fit of a mother I will be if I don't put the baby's good before all, even though we have yet to establish that this is in the baby's interests, I lose faith in those people.

It is critical to identify risk factors for delayed OL, so that women with these risk factors are followed more closely postpartum to provide appropriate breastfeeding support until lactation is fully established.

Provisions in the bill include increasing the penalty for a repeat offense to a felony; allowing judges to consider risk factors such as firearm possession and violations of restraining orders in determining bail; and establishing a statewide Fatality Review Team to find new ways to prevent intimate partner homicides.

Personality can affect a person's risk for mental illness, however — past research has established neuroticism as a key risk factor for depression, explains Tony Tang of Northwestern University, the lead author of the study.

While ApoE2 is protective and ApoE3 appears to have no effect, a mutation in ApoE4 is a well - established genetic risk factor for late - onset Alzheimer's disease.

But given the mishmash of chronic diseases and risk factors and the current economic climate, even the most hopeful of health advocates didn't hope for a global fund such as that established for AIDS in 2001 following the summit.

These forward - looking statements are based on management's current assumptions and expectations and involve risks, uncertainties and other important factors, specifically including those relating to Lexicon's ability to successfully conduct preclinical development of its drug candidates and advance such candidates into clinical development, achieve its operational objectives, obtain patent protection for its discoveries and establish strategic alliances, as well as those relating to manufacturing, the regulatory process, intellectual property rights, and the therapeutic or commercial value of its drug candidates, that may cause Lexicon's actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward - looking statements.

A protein called disrupted - in - schizophrenia 1, encoded by the DISC1 gene, has been established as a genetic risk factor for a wide array of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression,...

For consumption, we used the midpoint of the reported number of cigarettes per day — for example, three cigarettes per day if the category was one to five cigarettes per day — which we then adjusted for carboxyhaemoglobin and cotinine because this allows for lower inhalation with increasing cigarette consumption as previously established.14 For studies that reported relative risks adjusted for age (or for additional factors), the model contained the logarithm of the relative risk (dependent variable) and consumption (independent variable) using only the midpoint of the cigarettes per day categoriFor consumption, we used the midpoint of the reported number of cigarettes per day — for example, three cigarettes per day if the category was one to five cigarettes per day — which we then adjusted for carboxyhaemoglobin and cotinine because this allows for lower inhalation with increasing cigarette consumption as previously established.14 For studies that reported relative risks adjusted for age (or for additional factors), the model contained the logarithm of the relative risk (dependent variable) and consumption (independent variable) using only the midpoint of the cigarettes per day categorifor example, three cigarettes per day if the category was one to five cigarettes per day — which we then adjusted for carboxyhaemoglobin and cotinine because this allows for lower inhalation with increasing cigarette consumption as previously established.14 For studies that reported relative risks adjusted for age (or for additional factors), the model contained the logarithm of the relative risk (dependent variable) and consumption (independent variable) using only the midpoint of the cigarettes per day categorifor carboxyhaemoglobin and cotinine because this allows for lower inhalation with increasing cigarette consumption as previously established.14 For studies that reported relative risks adjusted for age (or for additional factors), the model contained the logarithm of the relative risk (dependent variable) and consumption (independent variable) using only the midpoint of the cigarettes per day categorifor lower inhalation with increasing cigarette consumption as previously established.14 For studies that reported relative risks adjusted for age (or for additional factors), the model contained the logarithm of the relative risk (dependent variable) and consumption (independent variable) using only the midpoint of the cigarettes per day categoriFor studies that reported relative risks adjusted for age (or for additional factors), the model contained the logarithm of the relative risk (dependent variable) and consumption (independent variable) using only the midpoint of the cigarettes per day categorifor age (or for additional factors), the model contained the logarithm of the relative risk (dependent variable) and consumption (independent variable) using only the midpoint of the cigarettes per day categorifor additional factors), the model contained the logarithm of the relative risk (dependent variable) and consumption (independent variable) using only the midpoint of the cigarettes per day categories.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were estimated with consideration of multiple established reproductive and environmental risk factors for breast cancer.

Background: While dietary fat has been established as a risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), associations between fatty acids (FAs) and CRC have been inconsistent.

Breast density is a well - established biomarker for breast cancer risk, and may be an independent risk factor, as well.

17 / Jun / 2013 Although a family history of Alzheimer's disease is a primary risk factor for the devastating neurological disorder, mutations in only three genes — the amyloid precursor protein and presenilins 1 and 2 — have been established as causative for inherited, early - onset Alzheimer's, accounting for about half of such cases.

Even when the researchers controlled for established cardiovascular disease risk factors, they found about a 70 % increased risk of ischemic heart disease in the years of followup.

Their data «generally reinforce current recommendations for a high intake of vegetable products as a part of comprehensive nutritional / lifestyle approaches to preventing and controlling major established cardiovascular risk factors and epidemic cardiovascular disease.»

Breast density is a well - established biomarker for breast cancer risk, and may be an independent risk factor, as well.

Dietary pulses at doses of 120 — 132 g / day (0.5 — 0.75 cups / day, the equivalent of about one serving / day) have shown meaningful reductions in established cardiometabolic risk factors, including HbA1c, LDL - C, body weight, and blood pressure, with the evi - dence for these specific reductions ranging from low to moderate quality.

Study Rundown: Obesity has been established as an important, and increasingly prevalent, risk factor for cardiovascular disease CVD).

Prevalence, dynamic risk factors and the efficacy of primary interventions for adolescent dating violence: An international review ☆ The Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research, Incorporated (AIPR, Inc., or Parapsychology Institute) was established in 1977 and is a non-profit

Rebuilding all of these homes would call for almost $ 1.5 trillion in funding, but before we break down the risk factors by state, let's establish what this study is referring to as a «significant tropical storm».

Between 31 % and 45 % of people with coronary heart disease suffer from clinically significant depressive symptoms, and 15 % — 20 % of them meet criteria of major depressive disorder which is roughly threefold higher than in the general population.13 It is now well established that depression is related to the incidence of CVD and is also an independent risk factor for cardiac morbidity and mortality.

After controlling for these established risk factors (Table 2, panel 1, multivariate analysis), children who were maltreated (definite maltreatment: RR, 1.69; 95 % CI, 1.13 - 2.55) and children who were socially isolated (very high social isolation: 1.76; 1.12 - 2.77) were both at greater risk of becoming depressed in adulthood.

After controlling for these established risk factors, children growing up in socioeconomically disadvantaged families (low SES: RR, 2.11; 95 % CI, 1.20 - 3.70) and children who were socially isolated (very high social isolation: 1.96; 1.21 - 3.17) were both at greater risk of metabolic risk marker clustering at age 32 years.

Analyses controlled for established developmental and current (adult) risk factors for age - related disease.

Policy makers should identify target populations using risk factors outlined in the federal initiative; require and fund administering agencies to ensure that programs adhere to established eligibility standards, especially in states with limited guidance, for use of state early childhood funds; and ensure the continuity of services as family circumstances change.

In sum, we tested bidirectional parent — child effects between two established factors of early risk for anxiety problems: children's negative affect and parent anxiety symptoms.

They were more likely to sustain injuries to multiple body regions, head injuries, and to be severely injured.51 ADHD has been found to represent a risk factor for substance abuse, 47,52 and an investigation of prevalence of ADHD among substance abusers has established that ADHD was significantly overrepresented among inpatients with psychoactive substance use disorder.53 Increased use of health services is also seen in the relatives of individuals with ADHD.

A growing corpus of research has established that traumatic early - childhood experiences and insecure attachments are both independent and interrelated risk factors for developing substance abuse disorders.

This confirms the idea that when affordability is attained across the population through universal health insurance, multiple factors such as parenting, parent's mental health, neighborhood characteristics, parent's background in terms of disadvantage, and other established risk factors continue to play a role in determining patterns of health care for children.

A recent Duke University Medical Center study also established that exposure to mold in damp buildings is an important risk factor for childhood respiratory illness.