The phrase "a great risk factor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing elements that contribute to the likelihood of a negative outcome, particularly in health, finance, or safety contexts.
Example: "Smoking is considered a great risk factor for developing lung cancer."
Alternatives: "a significant risk factor" or "a major risk factor".
Overall, while low family or neighborhood socioeconomic status is a great risk factor for physical abuse and neglect [ 31, 32], its impact on CSA is not as proven.
Since hypertension is such a great risk factor for cardiovascular disease [ 11], we decided to stratify study subjects into hypertensive and normotensive subjects when examining the associations between LVIDd, FS and rCBF.
Anything that obstructs emptying the bladder can be a great risk factor of having UTI.
Azrael, the lead author of the study, said there was no research on "whether owning a large number of guns is a greater risk factor than owning a few guns".
Atkins also noted that starches and sugar were harmful in any event because they raised triglyceride levels and that this was a greater risk factor for heart disease than cholesterol.
Its clinical application would be advantageous for femoral cannulas given that peripheral cannulation for ECMO commonly involves the femoral vessels [31] and this location is a greater risk factor for colonisation and/or bloodstream infection compared with internal jugular sites in adults [32].
However, in all cases the trend remained the same, that maternal asthma was a greater risk factor for asthma than paternal.
Indicators of such bias in this study are the greater proportion of institution-based children that were double-orphans, and maternal death being a greater risk factor for being in an institution than paternal death.
Older age was a greater risk factor for admission to hospital and ICU for pH1N1, and asthma was a greater risk factor for hospitalisation for pH1N1.
