"a preventive factor" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to something that can help prevent or reduce a negative outcome or occurrence. Example: Regular exercise is often cited as a preventive factor for heart disease.
Understanding the role of muscle strength as a preventive factor for shorter-term declines in function may provide further insights into the disabling process.
Use of ACE inhibitors was a preventive factor and DD ACE genotype was a risk factor.
Selenium was confirmed to be a preventive factor for Kashin-Beck disease.
Research has demonstrated that knowledge about health risks of smoking is a preventive factor for taking up tobacco smoking [ 11].
30 Exercise showed a tendency to act as a preventive factor for sarcopenia, which has been noted before.
Of the variables used as predictors of reintubation, none acted either as a preventive factor or as a risk factor.
Extramarital sex, homosexuality, alcohol consumption and drug abuse are strictly prohibited in Islam, indicating that Islam consequently always has and still does play a major role in the preventive aspects of the spread of HIV [ 16, 17] and being a Muslim is considered a strong preventive factor for HIV.
Aarsland, D., Sardahaee, F. S., Anderssen, S. & Ballard, C. Is physical activity a potential preventive factor for vascular dementia?
In separate univariate Cox regression models, age, dialysis, and PAD were significant risk increasing factors, and neuropathy was a significant preventive factor (Table 3).
HP eradication (odds ratio: 0.632, 95% confidence interval: 0.440 0.824, P=0.013) was a significant preventive factor, and exercise (odds ratio: 0.710, 95% confidence interval: 0.504 1.002, P=0.051) had a preventive tendency.
While there has been no consistent association between the presence or treatment of H pylori and GORD symptoms, pooled data suggest H pylori as a possible preventive factor for EO, BO and OAC.
