For Risk factor we have terms and definitions in 17 topics. The topics are Asbestos, Cancer, Cholesterol, Contraception, Diabetes, Environment, Finance, Food, Food and Health, Gynecological, Gynecology, Health, Incontinence, Legal, Mesothelioma, Lymphoma, Medical Education and Suicide.

Risk Factor (Asbestos)

Something that increases the likelihood of cancer.

Risk Factor (Cancer)

Something about us or our lives that increases our chances of something bad happening to us. For example, smoking is a 'risk factor' for many cancers.

Risk Factor (Cholesterol)

Something that increases a person's chances of developing a disease.

Risk Factor (Contraception)

Something that may make a person more likely to get a disease. For example, a risk factor for an STD like syphilis or gonorrhea is having many different sexual partners.

Risk Factor (Diabetes)

Anything that raises the chance that a person will get a disease. With noninsulin-dependent diabetes, people have a greater risk of getting the disease if they weigh a lot more (20 percent or more) than they should.

Risk Factor (Environment)

Characteristics (e.g., race, sex, age, obesity) or variables (e.g., smoking, occupational exposure level) associated with increased probability of a toxic effect.

Risk Factor (Finance)

In arbitrage pricing theory or the multibeta capital asset pricing model, the set of common factors that impact returns, e.g., market return, interest rates, inflation, or industrial production.

Risk Factor (Food)

A risk factor is anything statistically shown to have a relationship with the incidence of a disease, however it does not necessarily infer cause and effect.

Risk Factor (Food and Health)

A risk factor is anything statistically shown to have a relationship with the incidence of a disease, however it does not necessarily infer cause and effect.

Risk Factor (Gynecological)

Activity or factor that may increase the chance of developing a disease.

Risk Factor (Gynecology)

Activity or factor that may increase the chance of developing a disease.

Risk Factor (Health)

Activity or factor that may increase the chance of developing a disease.

Risk Factor (Incontinence)

Quality that makes a person more susceptible to a specific disease.

Risk Factor (Legal, Mesothelioma)

Anything that increases a person's chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Different cancers have different risk factors. For example, exposure to sunlight is a risk factor for skin cancer, smoking is a risk factor for lung and other cancers, and a high-fat, low-fiber diet is a risk factor for colorectal cancer. Some risk factors, such as smoking, can be controlled. Others, like a person's age, can't be changed

Risk Factor (Lymphoma)

Anything that increases a person's chance of developing a disease.

Risk Factor (Medical Education)

An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which on the basis of epidemiological evidence is known to be associated with an unfavorable health-related condition and considered important to prevent, if possible. It is used as an indication of increased probability of a specified health outcome such as the occurrence of a disease but is not necessarily a causal factor. The term risk factor is further used to mean a determinant that can be modified by intervention, thereby reducing the probability of occurrence of disease or other specified outcomes.

Risk Factor (Suicide)

Attribute associated with the likelihood of suicide.

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