Sentences with phrase «greatest known risk factor»

The greatest known risk factor for Alzheimer's is increasing age.

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«Prematurity itself is a known risk factor for neurodevelopmental impacts, so it's particularly concerning to see preterm infants at the greatest risk and having the highest exposures,» said Swan, who was not involved with the study.

Even though elevated risk factors in younger adults are known to lead to greater risk later on, most of the guidelines only begin for people at age 40, he says.

Visceral fat is also known to contain inflammatory factors, which contribute to a greater risk of cardiovascular disease and erectile dysfunction.

First, it's important to know that family history is one of the greatest risk factors for certain cancers.

But, I didn't know how great my results were until Dr. Howayeck told me I had 2 major risk factors going against me — I am a woman of Southeast Asian descent.

In fact, greater intake of fruits and vegetables was associated with a reduced risk independent of other known risk factors, meaning that there may be additional benefits to bulking up on plant foods above and beyond restricting animal foods.

Aboriginal Australians make up 3 % of the Australian population and have a life expectancy over 10 years less than that of non-Aboriginal Australians.3 The small amount of evidence available suggests that Australian Aboriginal children and adolescents experience higher levels of mental health - related harm than other young people4, 5 including suicide rates that are several times higher than that of non-Aboriginal Australian youth.4, 6 These high levels of harm are linked to greater exposure to many of the known risk factors for poor mental health and to the pervasive trauma and grief, which continues to be experienced by Aboriginal peoples due to the legacy of colonisation.7, 8 Loss of land and culture has played a major role in the high rates of premature mortality, incarceration and family separations currently experienced by Aboriginal peoples.