Sentences with phrase «well established risk factors»

Approximately two decades after the review by House and colleagues [1], a generation of empirical research validates their initial premise: Social relationships exert an independent influence on risk for mortality comparable with well established risk factors for mortality (Figure 6).

In addition, they propose a unique solution, one more akin to the types of strategies used by thoughtful clinicians — namely, children in need might be best identified not only through the presence of early behavioural signs and symptoms but also through the convergence of other indicators, such as well established risk factors for adverse outcomes independent from the behavioural indicators themselves (eg, single parent status, family poverty, neuropsychological functioning, etc).

Under the agreement announced today, judges will be required to consider well established risk factors, such as an offender's prior violation of an order of protection and the accused's access to guns.

Not exact matches

He described the goal of reducing the overall number of head impacts that high school football players sustain in a season as «logical» and «appealing,» but noted that, «until the risk factors for chronic traumatic encephalopathy [25](CTE) are better defined by carefully designed and controlled research,» and research determines «what the advisable limit to head impact exposure should be,» employing contact limits or establishing «hit counts [4]» will remain «educated guesses, at best.»

«Interestingly, however, while supine [on the back] positioning has been a well - established risk factor for the development of plagiocephaly, we were not able to demonstrate a logical correlation to indicate more severe flattening from the supine position.»

When I have no risk factors for gestational diabetes and I want to know if I can have an alternative to flooding my body with sugar water to see how it deals and I hear what amounts to no reason or just doubt as to how fit of a mother I will be if I don't put the baby's good before all, even though we have yet to establish that this is in the baby's interests, I lose faith in those people.

«Obesity is a well - established risk factor for breast cancer in the general population and some studies suggest that maintaining a healthy lifestyle by exercising or avoiding obesity may decrease the likelihood of developing cancer in BRCA mutation carriers.»

While ApoE2 is protective and ApoE3 appears to have no effect, a mutation in ApoE4 is a well - established genetic risk factor for late - onset Alzheimer's disease.

«To improve health and prevent chronic disease, we should stick to what is proven: encourage better lifestyles in general and target established risk factors in people at elevated risk,» they conclude.

«Our findings indicate that sexual minorities living in communities with higher levels of prejudice die sooner than sexual minorities living in low - prejudice communities, and that these effects are independent of established risk factors for mortality, including household income, education, gender, ethnicity, and age, as well as the average income and education level of residents in the communities where the respondents lived,» said Dr. Hatzenbuehler.

These forward - looking statements are based on management's current assumptions and expectations and involve risks, uncertainties and other important factors, specifically including those relating to Lexicon's ability to successfully conduct preclinical development of its drug candidates and advance such candidates into clinical development, achieve its operational objectives, obtain patent protection for its discoveries and establish strategic alliances, as well as those relating to manufacturing, the regulatory process, intellectual property rights, and the therapeutic or commercial value of its drug candidates, that may cause Lexicon's actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward - looking statements.

Breast density is a well - established biomarker for breast cancer risk, and may be an independent risk factor, as well.

In fact, it's hostility by itself that's a well - established risk factor for heart disease.

But did you know it's a well - established risk factor for MS, too?

In fact, as I discuss extensively in Chapter 16 of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food, soy protein isolate and other soy protein products are well - established risk factors for the exocrine type of pancreatic cancer that killed actors Michael Landon, Patrick Swayze and astronaut Sally Ride, but not for the much rarer endocrine type that killed Jobs.

Pregnancy hormones may cause a flare - up of a breast cancer tumor that was already established, but long term, one of the best - established factors that lowers the risk of breast cancer is pregnancy.

Breast density is a well - established biomarker for breast cancer risk, and may be an independent risk factor, as well.

That study also quoted this: «Although there is a well - established relation between serum cholesterol and coronary artery disease risk, individual and national variations in this association suggest that OTHER factors are involved in atherogenesis»

Franklin LibertyQ ETFs track proprietary indices constructed from a deliberate combination of well - established performance attributes — often called factors - that together seek to deliver attractive risk - adjusted returns.

Between 31 % and 45 % of people with coronary heart disease suffer from clinically significant depressive symptoms, and 15 % — 20 % of them meet criteria of major depressive disorder which is roughly threefold higher than in the general population.13 It is now well established that depression is related to the incidence of CVD and is also an independent risk factor for cardiac morbidity and mortality.

A comprehensive assessment may include interviews with the family, early childhood educators and using standardised checklists to help establish the nature and extent of the anxiety, as well as risk and protective factors in place.

A study that follows people over time can do a better job of establishing if hair removal came before the STD — and investigators could take more risk factors into account, including condom use, HPV vaccination, and frequency of sexual contact.