The absence of a mortality gradient among those with mild to moderate injuries indicates that with lower severity injuries, quality of care may not be a major factor affecting risk of mortality.
The climatic conditions in the subregion, especially the hot dry summers, are a major factor in raising the risk of fire.
These findings indicate that decisions about economic risk may follow a different developmental trajectory than other kinds of risk-taking, and that changes in sensitivity to risk may be a major factor in the development of mature risk aversion.
Although the type of donor (deceased versus living) is not an independent risk factor for NODAT, immunosuppression is a major factor contributing to the risk of NODAT.
The reversed analyses also suggested a major contribution of risk factors shared by bladder and prostate tumours.
Many mouse studies have been performed to study the effect of dietary fat on the etiology of obesity, a major risk factor of the metabolic syndrome [1], [2], [3], [4].
"Praluent is one of the most significant medical breakthroughs in the treatment of high bad cholesterol, a major risk factor of heart disease, since the introduction of statins nearly 30 years ago.
Considering that drinking is a major risk factor of esophageal cancer, regional distributions of DAF spectra of the ADH1B and ALDH2 functional alleles partly explain its similarity with those of drinking habit, and as a consequence, prevalence of esophageal cancer22,41.
Premature discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy is a major risk factor of stent thrombosis after drug-eluting stent placement leading to an increased risk of death.
These mechanistic findings support an important role for n-3 fatty acids in the etiology of diabetes, a major risk factor of fatal MI.
Because age is a major risk factor of AD, the prevalence of this incurable, degenerative and terminal disease is expected to rise dramatically over the next decades.
