increased risk
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandrisk
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Severe eventsincreasedrisk22-fold, and difficulties of at least moderate severityincreasedriskthree-fold.
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Increasedriskof sepsis after splenectomy.
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There is anincreasedriskof lymphoma.
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Increased income also involvedincreasedrisk.
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Increasedriskof craniosynostosis with maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy.
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Theincreasedrisk, however, would make them unambiguously worse off.
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An in-dwelling catheter carries anincreasedriskof infection.
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They are atincreasedriskfor cerebrovascular accidents.
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Is mating of copepods associated withincreasedriskof predation?
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This impliesincreasedrisktaking for increasing initial shortfall.
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Immunogenetic factors: anincreasedriskfor cervical cancer?
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Theincreasedriskof first births is thus effectively removed from those women atincreasedriskon account of their greater age.
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This in turn can lead toincreasedriskof breakdown in rootstock resistance and/orincreasedriskof breakdown in quarantine containment and spread to uninfested vineyards.
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Increasedriskbecause of arrhythmias, sluggish blood flow in abnormal circulation and metallic prosthetic valves.
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No overall significant pattern ofincreasedriskwas observed with household antibiotic use.
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Theincreasedriskof inundation from storms would require even higher sea walls for protection.
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Five exposures were found to be significantly associated withincreasedriskof campylobacteriosis in both models.
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Conversely, parental higher education and higher level of paternal wealth were associated withincreasedrisk.
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Parental neglect during childhood andincreasedriskof obesity in young adulthood.
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Increasedriskof non-insulindependent diabetes mellitus in elderly hypertensive subjects.
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