modifiable risk

collocation in English

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risk
noun
uk
/rɪsk/us
/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Neither study included data on knownmodifiableriskfactors, such as reproductive history or hormone replacement therapy.
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Measurement ofmodifiableriskfactors was undertaken by inviting patients to attend a clinical assessment at eighteen months.
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Means and standard errors of themodifiableriskfactors were estimated.
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Means and standard errors of themodifiableriskfactors were entered into the risk factor equation model to estimate life-years, and life-years gained were estimated by differencing between groups.
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Modifiableriskfactors include smoking, raised blood pressure, raised plasma cholesterol and physical inactivity.
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Men with cancer are twice as likely as women to have amodifiableriskfactor for their disease.
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High blood pressure is the most importantmodifiableriskfactor of stroke.
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Over a third of cancer deaths worldwide are due to potentiallymodifiableriskfactors.
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Lipid and lipoprotein abnormalities are common in the general population, and are regarded as amodifiableriskfactor for cardiovascular disease due to their influence on atherosclerosis.
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This acceptance of the acid-ash hypothesis as a majormodifiableriskfactor of osteoporosis by these publications, however, was largely made without significant critical review by high quality systematic analysis.
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