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Risk factors for gastroschisis

Teratology, 1990
AbstractThe prevalence at birth of gastroschisis, a rare abnormality of the abdominal wall, appears to have increased over the past decade. To characterize risk factors that might explain this increase, birth certificates for Washington State residents were compared for 62 infants born with gastroschisis during the years 1984 to 1987 and 617 randomly ...
Gary Goldbaum   +2 more
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Risk Factors

2008
Risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease can be divided into three groups: fixed (non-modifiable), major modifiable, and other factors. Rather than showing evidence of a step function, the relationship between cardiovascular risk and each of the major modifiable factors – smoking, blood pressure, blood lipids, and limited physical ...
Jamrozik, K., Taylor, R., Dobson, A.
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A review on coronary artery disease, its risk factors, and therapeutics

Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2019
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the major cardiovascular diseases affecting the global human population. This disease has been proved to be the major cause of death in both the developed and developing countries. Lifestyle, environmental factors,
A. K. Malakar   +5 more
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Risk factors for TIA and TIA as a risk factor for stroke

Neurology, 2004
TIA is a well-recognized risk factor for stroke and is associated with some of the same vascular risk factors as ischemic stroke. Few studies have enumerated the risk factors for TIA compared to the number of studies that have been done on outcomes after TIA.
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Epidemiology and Risk Factors

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1989
HBC is common, accounting for approximately 9% of the total breast cancer burden. Given 142,000 cases of breast cancer expected to occur in 1989, this would represent 12,780 cases of HBC patients. Soberingly, each patient represents a family with a variable number of inordinately high risk patients.
Henry T. Lynch   +2 more
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Risk Factors

2017
Risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) can be divided into three groups: fixed (nonmodifiable), major modifiable, and other factors. Rather than showing evidence of a step function, the relationship between cardiovascular risk and each of the major modifiable factors - smoking, blood pressure, blood lipids, and limited physical ...
Huxley, Rachel, Taylor, R., Dobson, A.
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Lithiasis and Risk Factors

Urologia Internationalis, 2007
Nephrolithiasis is a worldwide disease with high clinical and economic costs. The increasing incidence in industrialized countries seems to be related to several risk factors, which are partly inherited and partly acquired. Although risk factors in urolithiasis are still under discussion, their identification would provide a notable gain for the ...
Ferrari G   +5 more
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Risk Factors: The Risk Calculator

2009
Eye care providers can use calculators for determining the risk of developing glaucoma from ocular hypertension. Approximately 8% of adults over the age of 40 in the United States have ocular hypertension [1]. While ocular hypertension is a common finding, eye care providers do not know which patients to treat or which patients to monitor without ...
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Factors in Risk Perception

Risk Analysis, 2000
Risk perception is a phenomenon in search of an explanation. Several approaches are discussed in this paper. Technical risk estimates are sometimes a potent factor in accounting for perceived risk, but in many important applications it is not. Heuristics and biases, mainly availability, account for only a minor portion of risk perception, and media ...
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The Risk Factor

2018
This chapter delves into the relevance of risk as a factor influencing parole decision-makers when deliberating on the release of life sentence prisoners. In addition to addressing the theoretical foundations of risk, the chapter examines legal and policy developments reflective of a risk-based approach and how risk technologies are employed in ...
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