Sentences with phrase «single biggest risk factor»

The reason is they believe aging is the single biggest risk factor for diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's and Type 2 diabetes — conditions that were less of a concern before public health improvements such as clean water, vaccines and medication helped us live longer.

They have also identified the single biggest risk factor for western investors — the extent to which China could meddle with government regulation in the yuan crude futures, as Beijing is known for little tolerance toward wild price swings in its markets and has a history of intervening.

Smoking is one of the single biggest risk factors for lung cancer, which makes up more than 13 % of all new cancer diagnoses and more than one in four cancer deaths in the U.S.

Studies show that poor sleep is one of the single biggest risk factors for obesity.

Not exact matches

Hereditary predisposition to cancer is sometimes due to a single high - risk genetic change, like a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes for breast cancer, but most of the time, the disease is the result of multiple gene variants that add up, environmental risk factors, and a big element of chance.

Smoking is the biggest single risk factor — with tobacco linked to about a third of all cancers.

You must look at the bigger picture rather than singling out one specific probable cause or risk factor.

Smoking is the biggest single risk factor, though alcohol is important as well.

The cause of CHD is multifactorial; however, hereditary (genetics) is the biggest single risk factor.

Credit history is the single biggest factor in determining the risk involved in renting to a prospective tenant.