Sentences with phrase «known risk factors for»

Menzies School of Health Research Director Prof Alan Cass said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders have a high prevalence of known risk factors for chronic disease.

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.

The committee will review and comment on the objective measures used in the diagnosis of PTSD and known risk factors for the development of PTSD.

Be aware of the risks of heart disease, obesity, and sitting for long periods of time — these are known risk factors for developing blood clots, so it's important to avoid alcohol, drink plenty of water, and stand, stretch and move around regularly during your trip.

Hot and dry weather conditions are well - known risk factors for forest fires.

Pit bull heritage and dogfighting are known risk factors for B. gibsoni infection, possibly via blood transmission from bites and vertical transmission.

All are known risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.

An avid runner with no known risk factors for stroke, not knowing the cause of her stroke was deeply unsettling.

However, we found that the higher risk of developing hypertension associated with higher scores of TUI and hostility was independent of known risk factors for hypertension.

The known risk factors for breast cancer development (including family history, genetics, and prolonged exposure to estrogen) account for only 30 % of women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Hypertension and family history are well - known risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

There are many known health dangers which are known risk factors for obesity and which correlate with low carbohydrate consumption in the general population.

Chronic, body - wide inflammation, the kind that slowly but surely results in unseen damage to the heart and blood vessels, is one of the known risk factors for worrisome heart complications.

«What makes our findings compelling and different from previous studies addressing this question is that this was also true when we compared siblings who differed in type of delivery — one was born by cesarean and the other by vaginal delivery — and when restricted to women without any known risk factors for having a cesarean, some of whom may have undergone an elective cesarean,» said lead researcher Dr. Jorge Chavarro.

We then tested whether known risk factors for T2D, including obesity and hyperglycemia, affect DNA methylation of the 15,627 CpG sites differentially methylated in case - control cohort 2, already in nondiabetic subjects.

Smoking, lack of exercise, bad diet and our genes are all well - known risk factors for heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

Moreover, 8 of these patients did not have cirrhosis, and 6 of them presented no known risk factors for liver cancer.

None of the patients were treated with insulin or had prior episodes of severe hypoglycemia — both known risk factors for future hypoglycemic events.

«There are a number of known risk factors for coronary heart disease, such as smoking, poor diet, lack of physical activity, and elevated body mass index (BMI).

In analyses adjusting for known risk factors for diabetes, including age, sex, body mass index, neck circumference, smoking, income status and comorbidities at baseline, patients with an AHI > 30 had a 30 % higher risk of developing diabetes than those with an AHI < 5.

Obesity, hypertension and diabetes are known risk factors for heart failure, a chronic condition in which the heart can not pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.

«These differences remained statistically significant and robust even when we controlled for multiple known risk factors for initiating cigarette smoking, such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sensation seeking, parental smoking and friend smoking,» Dr. Primack said.

Dr Nelson added: «We also examined whether the association we found between shorter height and higher risk of coronary heart disease could be explained by an effect of height on known risk factors for coronary heart disease like cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes etc..

Several studies over the past decade have shown that a strong emotional shock can lead to sudden heart failure in people with no known risk factors for heart disease.

In their analysis, the investigators took into account known risk factors for physical decline, such as older age, smoking and obesity.

Together with the maps the research team have produced contextual information on known risk factors for health conditions and a summary of current knowledge about possible association of health effects with environmental exposures.

For example, genetic changes in the FCGR2 gene are known risk factors for several autoimmune disorders, including those just noted.

Several possibilities have been identified; firstly baclofen may reduce craving for alcohol, secondly there are reports that baclofen reduces negative mood states, such as anxiety and depression, which are known risk factors for harmful drinking.

Known risk factors for glaucoma in addition to age and elevated intraocular pressure, include family history, African ancestry and genetic factors.

Inherited mutations of the tumour suppressor gene CDKN2A are the strongest known risk factors for familial melanoma and mutations in this gene also increase the risk of other cancers.

These associations were independent of known risk factors for gout, such as age, body mass index, high blood pressure, and alcohol and coffee intake.

These are known risk factors for substantial alcohol use.

Using a combination of the known risk factors for epilepsy and non-epileptic seizures reported in 228 clinical notes the team examined, their algorithm achieved a diagnosis accuracy of 65 %.

This type of abscess normally only occurs in non-lactating women, and there are no known risk factors for it.

SMMIS allowed us to control for nearly all of the known risk factors for PPH, many of which were also associated with intended place of birth and would therefore almost certainly have caused problems of confounding had they not been included as model covariates.

The researchers carefully controlled for several known risk factors for stillbirth: obesity, smoking, low socioeconomic status, maternal age, and number of prior children.

Although the observational studies that underlie our models all adjusted for multiple confounders, including known risk factors for the disease outcomes of interest, risk factors for early breastfeeding cessation such as preterm birth, preeclampsia, and obesity are also risk factors for metabolic disease in later life.

For example, one of the known risk factors for tearing your ACL, particularly in females, is landing with your knee pointed inwards («knock knee» position).

1 May 2015 Media Statement Australian beverages industry responds to Cambridge University study linking soft drinks and diabetes «Leading health organisations, including the World Diabetes Federation, agree that the known risk factors for type 2 diabetes include lifestyle factors, such as obesity and sedentary behaviour, as well as family history, age and ethnicity — not -LSB-...]

Installing a ceiling fan is an easy, yet commonly overlooked, way to protect your baby from overheating, a known risk factor for SIDS.

The gene is a known risk factor for psychiatric disorders, and is required to maintain healthy neurotransmitter levels in the brain.

In 1904 French doctors reported that six of their subjects who had high blood pressure — a known risk factor for heart disease — were salt fiends.

Obesity is a known risk factor for many cancers including colon cancer, yet the reasons behind the colon cancer link have often remained unclear.

Low testosterone levels, which may contribute to infertility, are a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and may be what's driving this link, the researchers said.

Obesity is a well - known risk factor for osteoarthritis, but its effects on cartilage repair are unknown.

Obesity is a known risk factor for breast cancer, and breast cancer has been shown to occur more frequently in BRCA mutation carriers who are obese than in those who are lean.

Cerebral microbleeds, which become more common with age and are a known risk factor for dementia, also have been associated with traumatic brain injury, stroke, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

One of these, Helicobacter pylori, is a pathogen that can cause stomach ulcers in humans and is the strongest known risk factor for gastric cancer.

«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.

«It is strongly associated with, and can even cause, body dissatisfaction, which is a known risk factor for the development of eating disorders.»