Sentences with phrase «moderates risk factors»

The APOE gene, which has been linked to a higher risk of dementia, was determined in the study to be only a moderate risk factor.

Not exact matches

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

Risk factors for food allergies include moderate to severe eczema, a previous allergic reaction to a food or a known food allergy, or a sibling with a peanut allergy.

They add: «The greatest reduction in risk of developing metabolic risk factor clustering observed for intermediate levels of physical activity and leisure time sitting was unexpected and suggests that moderate amounts of both moderate - to - vigorous physical activity and leisure time sitting may be sufficient to protect against developing metabolic risk factor clustering over time... The lack of protection for the most active adults may reflect a chance finding, or confounding by other factors such as wider use of prescription drugs by participants in less active groups.

They conclude: «The protective effects of moderate - to - vigorous physical activity and low leisure time sitting against developing obesity and metabolic risk factor clustering are strongest when viewed in combination.

The research team investigated the association between weight loss and the progression of cartilage changes on MRI over a 48 - month period in 640 overweight and obese patients (minimum body mass index [BMI] 25 kg / m2) who had risk factors for osteoarthritis or MRI evidence of mild to moderate osteoarthritis.

MCT oil has been shown to significantly improve the memory and overall brain health of people with functional brain problems like brain fog and even people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease who had the APOE4 gene, which is associated with an increased risk factor of the neurological condition.

It's known that moderate to severe traumatic brain injury is a strong risk factor for developing neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's.

If pickled veggies raised the risk factor by 10 (and this is not clear since moderate consumption decreased the relative risk ratio and the cases consumed less than half the fresh veggies / fruits of the controls) then the incidence would be 17 / 100k.

As I found when I posted new study this on facebook — Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline — many social drinkers also get upset when you point out research like this because they don't want to have to give it up.

Dietary pulses at doses of 120 — 132 g / day (0.5 — 0.75 cups / day, the equivalent of about one serving / day) have shown meaningful reductions in established cardiometabolic risk factors, including HbA1c, LDL - C, body weight, and blood pressure, with the evi - dence for these specific reductions ranging from low to moderate quality.

If you have mild or moderate sleep apnea and you undergo effective treatment, such as using a CPAP device, and have no other risk factors, many insurance carriers would even consider offering you the best classification rating.

This meta - analytic review was conducted to determine the extent to which social relationships influence risk for mortality, which aspects of social relationships are most highly predictive, and which factors may moderate the risk.

If some of these factors in early childhood can be identified early, the effects of risk factors can be moderated by building protective factors that aid children's resilience and development.

Several studies have replicated the PSC - 17's 3 - factor structure by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in moderate - sized samples, 26,27 and a number of studies28 — 37 have reported on the prevalence of risk by using the overall and subscale scores.

Additionally, our results suggest that there is a moderate association between depressive symptoms and daily step count in individuals at high risk of CVD and that this should be considered as a potential modifying factor in clinical trials for lifestyle interventions in CVD research.

From a public health perspective, early interventions in childhood might change or moderate the cycle of homelessness across generations because early risk factors are often longstanding and drive a trajectory of cumulative risk, potentially leading to severe psychopathology and social exclusion.

As more research on moderating factors is conducted, prevention and treatment efforts can be better targeted to those most at risk.

Contextual risk factors as predictors of disruptive behavior disorder trajectories in girls: The moderating effect of callous unemotional features

The main finding highlighted by Amato and Hetherington is this: while parental divorce may expose children to more risk factors for subsequent social and psychological problems, that association is moderate and the majority of youth (75 %) reach adulthood as well - functioning individuals.

However, because prenatal exposure and maternal substance abuse is a marker — and not a determinant — of risk, a range of social, environmental, and biological factors will moderate developmental outcomes in this population.

Gender and age are further factors moderating the relationship between risk factors and the development of adolescents.

Two - way interactions between sample status on the one hand and the associated risk factors and child gender on the other were examined to detect any moderating effects.

We therefore also examined whether the associated risk factors moderated the outcomes in children of PPD mothers.

Group - based trajectory modeling analyses conditional on risk and protective factors identified four trajectories of depressive symptoms across adolescence: moderate stable (MS; 54.57 % of the sample), low stable (LS; 27.16 %), moderate increasing (MI; 11.30 %), and high declining (HD; 6.97 %).

A meta - analysis of risk factors for victimization of women found a moderate effect size (r =.28) for the association between victimization and depression (Stith et al. 2004).

Factors such as socioeconomic status (SES), preinjury family functioning, resources and stresses, and initial response to the injury appear to moderate the impact of pediatric TBI on caregivers, placing some families at greater risk for long - term difficulties (Rivara et al., 1996; Wade, Wolfe, Brown, & Pestian, 2005; Wade et al., 2002).

Second, the long - lasting effect of maternal PPD may be moderated by other risk factors than the ones included in our study.

Genetically informative studies indicate that individual differences in CU traits show moderate - to - strong heritability, but that protective environmental factors can counter heritable risk.

Moderating effects of these risk factors and child gender on the relation between sample membership and child developmental outcomes were also studied.

Although the precise mechanisms of these sex - moderated genetic vulnerabilities remain poorly understood, they appear to interact with environmental risk factors including adverse rearing environments to potentiate the development of ASPD and BPD.

To investigate the extent to which three putative «environmental» risk factors, maternal punitive discipline (MPD), paternal punitive discipline (PPD) and negative life events (NLEs), share genetic influences with, and moderate the heritability of, externalizing behavior.

In terms of gender differences in childhood - onset CP, research has generally found few consistent risk factors that are moderated by gender (Brennan and Shaw 2013; Murray et al. 2010).