The phrase "a salient risk factor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing significant or prominent elements that contribute to a risk or potential issue.
Example: "In the study, a salient risk factor for heart disease was identified as high cholesterol levels."
Alternatives: "a significant risk factor" or "a prominent risk factor".
Such information is likely to be critical for understanding the developmental continuity of preschool depression and whether it continues to be a salient risk factor for an MDD diagnosis following the transition into adolescence and the onset of biological changes associated with it (i.e., puberty).
Dissatisfied relationship with mother-in-law is a salient risk factor for postnatal depression in the Chinese populations [ 9, 14].
Moreover, obesity, a salient risk factor that differed across the cohorts, is not included in the CVD risk score algorithm.
Although distinct from suicidal behaviour, a prolonged history of NSSI is a salient risk factor for later suicidal thoughts and behaviour [ 3].
But the bill's positive aspects notwithstanding, it fails to address perhaps the most salient risk factor for troubled young people -- the presence of a gun in the home.
The intervention plan was evidence-based, focusing on reduction of established salient risk factors for SI and thus a repeat premature delivery.
While salient risk factors for preterm birth have been indentified, ambiguity about the overall contribution of genetic and environmental sources remains.
Study findings identify salient risk factors for TB disease as well as MDR-TB at the oblast (provincial) level in Kazakhstan.
The aim of this study was to identify the most salient risk factors for TB disease as well as multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) at the oblast (provincial) level in Kazakhstan.
Additionally, some have argued that belonging may not be as salient a risk factor for sexual minority college students because college provides a range of opportunities for belonging along with access to supportive student organizations, communities, or campus offices dedicated to sexual minorities [ 25, 33, 49, 50].
The lower rate of psychopathology in non-detained juveniles of the present study may have been associated with less severe crimes and less salient psychosocial risk factors of offending.
