Private sector bonds have
a higher level of risk compared to government (federal, state, or local) bonds, but they do have better yields.
However, it is important to note that Alternative Investments carry a significantly
higher level of risk compared to more traditional securities.
Not exact matches
A parade
of reports and experts explained away
high house prices and debt
levels with many
of the same arguments we hear today in Canada — yes, prices are way up
compared to rents, but the analysis is built on flawed data; debt
levels are
high, but so are house prices, which minimizes the
risk; America's demographics support the boom; and then the classic: There'll be a soft landing.
Interest rate
risk Although
high yield bonds have relatively low
levels of interest rate
risk for a given duration or maturity
compared to other bond types, this
risk can nevertheless be a factor.
Considering only the physical activity performed in leisure time, the
risk of suffering mental health pathologies among the «sufficiently active» population (that means, those who perform
high o mild
levels of exercise) was reduced up to 56 % or 54 %
compared to the «insufficiently active» population, depending
of the
level of physical activity, mild or
high respectively.
The study, the largest
of its kind in the world,
compared the health
of Deaf people with the hearing population and found that Deaf adults have
high levels of risk factors for common conditions, such as heart disease,
high blood pressure and diabetes.
Furthermore, the
levels of Runx2 expression among a larger group
of 351 newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients were significantly
higher in patients who had a
high risk of early disease - related death, as
compared with lower -
risk patients.
The authors report that
higher levels of physical activity
compared to lower
levels were associated with lower
risks of 13
of 26 cancers: esophageal adenocarcinoma (42 percent lower
risk); liver (27 percent lower
risk); lung (26 percent lower
risk); kidney (23 percent lower
risk); gastric cardia (22 percent lower
risk); endometrial (21 percent lower
risk); myeloid leukemia (20 percent lower
risk); myeloma (17 percent lower
risk); colon (16 percent lower
risk); head and neck (15 percent lower
risk), rectal (13 percent lower
risk); bladder (13 percent lower
risk); and breast (10 percent lower
risk).
The
risk of MS as an adult was 90 percent
higher in children
of mothers who were vitamin - D deficient (25 (OH) D
levels less than 12.02 ng / mL)
compared with the children
of mothers who were not vitamin D deficient, according to the results.
They also discovered that
compared with healthy controls, patients with first episode schizophrenia had
higher levels of insulin and increased
levels of insulin resistance, again supporting the notion that this group are at
higher risk of developing diabetes.
Compared to the control group, kidney stone formers maintained
higher levels of the blood marker cystatin C and
higher levels of urine protein — both
of which are connected with
higher risk of chronic kidney disease.
While the study suggests both low and
high levels of physical activity,
compared to more moderate
levels, could increase the
risk of heart failure in men, study authors cautioned that the link between physical activity and heart disease is not fully understood.
Those differences led to lower
levels of the IFITM3 protein in ndividuals with two copies
of the
high -
risk gene variant
compared to other patients, researchers said.
Researchers found that the diversity and abundance
of specific urinary bacteria and the amount
of a specific antimicrobial peptide were different in women who developed a UTI following surgery
compared with those who did not: lower
risk of postoperatvie UTI correlated with greater bacterial diversity, greater abundance
of the Lactobacillus species and
higher levels of the antimicrobial peptide β - defensin - 1.
Those with the
highest NT - proBNP
levels had a nearly 10-fold
higher risk of developing heart failure
compared with those with the lowest
levels.
Compared with participants with the lowest
levels of hsTnT at the start
of the study, those with the
highest hsTnT
levels had a nearly 5-fold
higher risk of developing heart failure.
Both those with the
highest and the lowest
levels of magnesium had an increased
risk of dementia,
compared to those in the middle group.
He continues: «Our results suggest that the health benefits
of physical activity are apparent even at
levels below the recommended
levels,
compared to not doing any activity, but also that benefits are greater still for those who exceed the minimum recommendations, such that even when PA was as
high as 60 MET hours / week benefits continued to occur, with the
risk of developing T2D being more than halved in those individuals.»
To be certain that adoptees at
high - genetic
risk did not have an effect on their families as to increase dysfunction, the proportion
of the families»
levels of dysfunction between the low - genetic
risk and
high - genetic
risk adoptee families were
compared, and there were no significant differences found.
Tang et al (2010) evaluated 5 prospective cohorts and 8 case - control studies and found that overall those with the
highest levels of coffee consumption had a 27 percent
higher risk for lung cancer
compared to never drinkers or those with least consumption.
Even low
levels of drinking (up to two drinks a day) were associated with an 8 to 23 percent
higher risk of prostate cancer when
compared to no drinking, the researchers said.
Take cynicism, for example: A 2014 study published in the journal Neurology linked
high levels of cynicism later in life, i.e. a general distrust
of people (and their motives), to a greater
risk of dementia
compared to those who were more trusting, even after accounting for other
risk factors like age, sex, certain heart health markers, smoking status, and more.
A 2014 Harvard University study found that obese teenagers with
high levels of inflammation had a 63 % increased
risk of developing colorectal cancer during adulthood
compared to their thinner peers.
And people with the
highest levels (over 70 mg / dl) actually had an increased
risk of death from non-heart or stroke - related causes
compared to those with more middling ranges (about 41 to 60 mg / dl).
«Those who had the lowest
levels of vitamin D had a 26 percent
higher risk of death from all causes
compared to those with the
highest vitamin D
levels,» Melamed noted.
In 1975, Rowland Philips
compared Seventh - Day Adventists physicians, who do not eat meat, with non-Seventh Day Adventist physicians, and found that the vegetarian doctors had
higher rates
of gastrointestinal and colon - rectal cancer deaths.10 National Cancer Institute data show that Argentina, with very
high levels of beef consumption, has significantly lower rates
of colon cancer than other western countries where beef consumption is considerably lower.11 A 1997 study published in the International Journal
of Cancer found that increased
risk of colon and rectal cancer was positively associated with consumption
of bread, cereal dishes, potatoes, cakes, desserts and refined sugars, but not with eggs or meat.12 And a 1978 study published in the Journal
of the National Cancer Institute found no greater
risk of colon cancer, regardless
of the amounts
of beef or other meats ingested.13 The study also found that those who ate plenty
of cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts and broccoli, had lower rates
of colon cancer.
Since
high levels of homocysteine are associated with an increased
risk for atherosclerosis, diabetic heart disease, heart attack, and stroke, it's a good idea to be sure that your diet contains plenty
of vitamin B12 to help keep homocysteine
levels low (homocysteine is also associated with osteoporosis, and a recent study found that osteoporosis occurred more frequently among women whose vitamin B12 status was deficient or marginal
compared with those who had normal B12 status.)
A 2014 study published in Human Reproduction looked at about 400 couples over a 12 - month span and found that women who had the
highest levels of alpha - amylase, a stress biomarker, had twice the
risk of being infertile
compared to those with the lowest
levels.
Spend at least 20 minutes each day in the sun This helps increase your
levels of Vitamin D. Research shows that postmenopausal women with the
highest levels of Vitamin D had a lower
risk of developing breast cancer when
compared to those with the lowest
levels.
CDC speculates that the observed association between low sodium intake and increased CVD
risk may have been due to a
higher proportion
of participants in the low sodium group,
compared to groups with
higher intake
levels, who had diabetes, hypertension, and pre-existing cardiovascular disease at baseline and therefore may have consumed less sodium, leading to a noncausal association between sodium intake and increased cardiovascular events.
Children born to mothers with abnormally
high levels of antibodies to gliadin (gluten) had nearly twice the
risk of developing non-affective psychosis,
compared with children who had normal
levels of gliadin antibodies.
834 men diagnosed with prostate cancer were studies and found that those with the
highest blood
levels of omega - 3 fatty acids saw a 43 % increased
risk of developing cancer when
compared to the men with the lowest omega - 3 fatty acid concentration (65).
Again, this isn't all that surprising, but when
comparing unfit, lean men to those who were fit and obese, the lean men had a
higher risk of cardiovascular disease — once again showing that it's your fitness
level, and not your body weight that is the major predictor
of your health [3].
And those with
high total cholesterol have twice the
risk of developing heart disease as
compared to people with optimal
levels, making it vital to eat healthy and keep total cholesterol under control.
Research has found that individuals with the lowest
levels of homocysteine have about half the
risk of developing Alzheimer's disease
compared to those with the
highest levels.
Separate research suggests people with the
highest TMAO
levels may have twice the
risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or premature death
compared to those with the lowest
levels.4 The researchers therefore suggested that altering the bacterial population in your gut could have tremendous implications for heart health: 5
Research suggests people with the
highest TMAO
levels may have twice the
risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or premature death
compared to those with the lowest
levels; TMAO is a waste product produced by bacteria in your gut
The researchers concluded that men with
higher blood concentrations
of animal - based (marine - derived) omega - 3s had a 44 percent increased
risk of developing low - grade prostate cancer
compared to those with the lowest
levels.
In another research study published in the BMJ, the
higher levels of chocolate consumption reduced the
risk of cardiovascular disease by 37 % and strokes by 29 %, significantly more than
compared to lower
levels of chocolate consumption.
Men who consumed
higher levels of meat and fish had a 39 percent lower
risk of mental and physical decline
compared to those who ate the least animal protein.8
What the researchers discovered was that,
compared to the individuals in medium fitness,
risk for all - cause dementia was lower by 88 % in those who had a
high level of fitness at the beginning
of the study, while it was actually increased by 41 % in those with low fitness.
But even those with the lowest
levels of distress had a 16 %
higher risk of dying
compared to distress - free people.
Students at the greatest
risk for summer learning loss can lose up to two years
of grade -
level reading and math ability by the time they reach fifth grade when
compared to children from
higher - income households.»
While nuclear energy is regarded as the lesser
of the two evils when
compared at an emission
level to the burning
of fossil - fuels, it may trump on the containment
of the heat process, which burns in a contained nuclear reactor through an in - ward heat - chemical reaction called fission, but nuclear energy production is a chain from uranium mining to the toxic waste disposal and therefore as an entire process is an equally
high risk environmental option.
Catlin surveyors do appear to be participating in an awfully disproportionate
level of high risk behavior
compared to their output.
The impact
of risks associated with life and health are far more severe on this population as
compared to the urban population with
higher levels of income.
Children
of mothers experiencing IPV chronically with
higher levels of educational / recreational toys did not have an increased
risk of developing asthma (RR, 1.6; 95 % CI, 0.8 - 3.4)
compared with those not exposed with
high levels of educational / recreational toys.
As hypothesised, the at -
risk group had significantly worse functioning at follow - up, with significantly
higher levels of depressive symptoms and rates
of mood and anxiety disorders,
compared to the not - at -
risk group.
The trial will evaluate whether VIPP - SD,
compared to treatment as usual, leads to lower
levels of behavioural problems in young children who are at
high risk of developing these difficulties.
Compared with control children, they had more difficulties with friendships, 29 poorer theory
of mind, 16 difficulties labelling and understanding the causes
of common emotions, 16 increased fantasy proneness and difficulty distinguishing fantasy and reality, 31 increased negative attributional style, dysfunctional attitudes, rumination and self - criticism.32 They also experience difficulties in the mother — child relationship, with four studies reporting
high levels of disrupted attachment styles, 21, 29, 31, 32 and in role - play scenarios elevated
levels of role - reversal with parents, fear
of abandonment, and negative expectations
of parents.31 These factors are known to put children at
risk of poor mental health outcomes, and indeed, this appears to be the case.