Sentences with phrase «identify additional risk factors»

«develop a well - defined reference, or «baseline,» of good health as well as a rich data platform that may be used to better understand the transition from health to disease and identify additional risk factors for disease»

Gerard Schellenberg, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, leads the consortium, which aims to identify the additional risk factor genes for late - onset AD.

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While it has yet to make the official list, some studies have identified VOCs and additional indoor air pollutants as a risk factor for SIDS.

A study by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) published this week in PLOS ONE identifies four factors that may account for sex differences in statin therapy among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), pointing to interventions and additional research that will be needed to help overcome this sex disparity and reduce cardiovascular risk for women.

«Right now, we recommend testing for the HLA - B * 5801 variant among those patients, and further research may help to identify additional factors that can improve risk management.

«Once additional key clinical and genetic factors are identified, infants who are determined to have a low risk of requiring medication can be sent home without prolonged monitoring, and those who are predicted to have a difficult clinical course can be started on more aggressive treatment earlier, which will lead to shorter hospitalizations and improved outcomes.»

The United Kingdom - based group, led by Julie Williams, Ph.D., Cardiff University School of Medicine, Wales, found the same genes as risk factors and identified a gene variant ABCA7 as an additional gene of interest.

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This genetic risk factor is independent of other risk factors, such as cholesterol, obesity and smoking, and therefore provides an additional method for identifying individuals who may derive benefit from earlier and more aggressive prevention efforts.

15 In fact, type 2 diabetes (T2D)-- a condition stemming from broken glucose metabolism and insulin signaling — has been identified as an additional risk factor for developing AD.16, 17 Moreover, the pathological changes that occur in AD in the brain physically resemble those seen in the pancreas and vasculature in T2D.9, 18 Type 2 diabetics who carry ApoE4 alleles are at the greatest risk for AD, with an even more severe risk reserved for those treated with exogenous insulin.19 This suggests that either T2D or related features of the metabolic syndrome bring about AD, or that they are separate consequences of the same underlying cause — and moreover, that insulin is a key factor.

Fama and French later expanded their model to include fixed income, identifying term and default as two additional risk factors that explain returns for fixed income.

For corporate bonds, we consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to help identify additional risk.

· Identify children and families that may require additional support to enhance their protective factors and reduce their risk for mental health difficulties.

Additional risk factors for poor father - child relationships identified during the pre-school and school - age years include: adverse family events; weak home organisation; a less supportive family ethos and low levels of positive parenting.