Sentences with phrase «main predisposing factor»

Being unable to convert uric acid to allantoin is the main predisposing factor to uric acid stone formation and accounts for why 80 % of uric acid bladder stones come from Dalmatians.

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In this review, I highlight the main genes known to cause uncommon monogenic forms of diabetes (e.g. maturity - onset diabetes of the young — MODY — and insulin resistance syndromes), as well as describe some of the main approaches used to identify genes involved in the more common forms of T2D that result from the interaction between environmental risk factors and predisposing genotypes.

Main outcome measures: Prevalence of self - reported smoking; predictors and patterns of smoking in early pregnancy; and relationships between smoking and the prevalence of predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors, including women's knowledge about and attitudes towards smoking and the risks involved.