Sentences with phrase «fivefold increased risk»

Women in that age group who reported often or always having sleep problems had a more than fivefold increased risk of fibromyalgia compared to sound sleepers, while the corresponding risk among younger women was just three times greater.

Both studies found consistent and significant results: a threefold increased risk for lung cancer overall, and a fivefold increased risk for miners most heavily exposed to diesel exhaust.

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Now, if your risk of a car accident while alert is 1 in 17,000 in a lifetime (as it is), and driving drowsy increases that risk to 1 in 3,400 (which is a fivefold increase), then I would hope that parents would think twice about driving while drowsy.

However, such soft bedding can increase the potential of suffocation and rebreathing.54, 56,57,179, — , 181 Pillows, quilts, comforters, sheepskins, and other soft surfaces are hazardous when placed under the infant62, 147,182, — , 187 or left loose in the infant's sleep area62, 65,184,185,188, — , 191 and can increase SIDS risk up to fivefold independent of sleep position.62, 147 Several reports have also described that in many SIDS cases, the heads of the infants, including some infants who slept supine, were covered by loose bedding.65, 186,187,191 It should be noted that the risk of SIDS increases 21-fold when the infant is placed prone with soft bedding.62 In addition, soft and loose bedding have both been associated with accidental suffocation deaths.149 The CPSC has reported that the majority of sleep - related infant deaths in its database are attributable to suffocation involving pillows, quilts, and extra bedding.192, 193 The AAP recommends that infants sleep on a firm surface without any soft or loose bedding.

When an abusive partner is permitted to access firearms, the risk that the other partner will be killed increased fivefold.

Their risk increases as much as fivefold with assisted reproduction — jumping from one in 15,000 — 20,000 to one in 4,000, Sapienza says.

Having a first - degree relative with OCD increases your risk of developing it fivefold.