How to Use risk factor in a Sentence

risk factor

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  • Case said her study did not find that ships’ age was a risk factor.
    — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Premature birth is a risk factor for death in the first 28 days to one year of an infant's life.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Stress is a definite risk factor, and can lead to a relapse.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 12 June 2022
  • But for all 12 final, the degree of difficulty – and the risk factor – will go up with medals on the line.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
  • This is not the first time the Olympics has been identified as a risk factor for viral epidemics.
    — Mark Booth, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • Again, this risk factor shows predictions up to 30 years ahead.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Getting pregnant for the first time at age 35 or later is a risk factor for breast cancer.
    — Amanda Morris, Lindsey Bever and Sabrina Malhi, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • As much as 80 percent of the overall risk factor could be genetic.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
  • Age is the biggest single risk factor for those diseases.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Too much sodium in the diet can lead to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • But repetitive head injuries appear to be the chief risk factor for CTE.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • All women get screened for breast cancer based on the crudest risk factor available: age.
    — Alice Park, Time, 4 Oct. 2021
  • One of the biggest benefits of calisthenics is the low risk factor, says Beck.
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Last year, the company had listed the venture as a risk factor, as it could be hurt by U.S.-China politics.
    — Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
  • More than half of those patients have a food, housing or isolation risk factor, CVS said.
    — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Having high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Issues with ovulation may also be a sort of risk factor for PCOS.
    — Emilia Benton, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • In the United States, poor diet is the leading risk factor for death from diseases, even greater than tobacco.
    — Nisha Patel, STAT, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Advanced age actually doesn’t seem to be a big risk factor, Tanya.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 31 May 2022
  • One risk factor the board had to weigh every year was the uncertainty of the money from the Legislature.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 22 July 2022
  • But many ignore the major risk factor for all of these diseases: aging itself.
    — Aditi Gurkar, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2023
  • One other big finding was that severe disease wasn’t a risk factor.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 31 May 2022
  • Now, Covid-19 may need to be considered a risk factor for diabetes.
    — Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
  • This patient’s biggest risk factor was her exposure to her once-wild cats.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The case of obesity, a major risk factor for Covid-19 death, helps illustrate.
    — Darius Lakdawalla, STAT, 16 Oct. 2021
  • This means diabetes is an emerging risk factor for CRC.
    — Michelle Pugle, Health, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Overheating is a risk factor for SIDS, but it can be avoided by taking the right precautions.
    — Casey Clark, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
  • While age remains a strong risk factor with Covid, vaccines and treatments have greatly decreased the threat of grave illness, experts said.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Age is the single biggest risk factor for dementia, with the odds doubling about every five years after age 65.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 15 June 2022
  • That’s becoming a bigger risk factor that’s come into focus.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 1 July 2024

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