The phrase "a greater risk factor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the likelihood or potential for a negative outcome related to a specific condition or behavior.
Example: "Smoking is considered a greater risk factor for lung cancer than exposure to secondhand smoke."
Alternatives: "an increased risk factor" or "a higher risk factor".
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.
Being male, for example, is a greater risk factor for violence than mental illness, and you are more likely to be the victim– rather than the perpetrator– of violence if you suffer from mental illness.
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.
"This phenomenon helps store energy but is a great risk factor for the development of obesity," he said.
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by elevated risk of bone fragility fracture owing to reduced bone strength due to reduced bone mass, reduced bone quality or both1, 2. Aging is a great risk factor for osteoporosis development, and thus the number of osteoporosis patients is continuously increasing as the number of elderly people increases in our aging society3.
"This phenomenon helps store energy," he said, "but is a great risk factor for the development of obesity". But until it is understood better, he said, "we're not apt to understand the overall obesity problem any better". Dr. Levine of the Mayo Clinic said the study findings had inspired him to redesign his office.
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.
