Sentence examples for a weaker factor from inspiring English sources

Stroke was the strongest factor associated with disease incidence or admission to a nursing home but a weaker factor in relation to death (tables 2 and 3).

Energy production was a weak factor, and bird hazard information a potent factor, in explaining both experiential and acceptability ratings.

For separations between control sources and error sensors much less than a quarter wavelength of the primary noise disturbance, results show that the angular orientation, of the combined linear control source and sensor arrays, is a weak factor for acoustic pressure reduction in the shadow zone.

(3) A weak factor representing an item selected by multiple factors.

The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy (KMO) = 0.79 which indicates a weak factor structure [ 20].

This version was condensed through a consultative process using these criteria: a strong factor was one that was mentioned by the majority of the respondents in a cadre and not contradicted by other respondents (shown as a dark shading in Figure  1; a weak factor was either not widely encountered or qualified by other respondents from the cadre (shown as criss-cross shading in Figure  1).

"So even if it is a weaker risk factor than other risk factors, such as smoking, it can still have an extensive public health impact because so many people are exposed".

The purpose of choosing IR-transformed cells is based on the following facts: (1) IR is a weaker carcinogenic factor when compared with the viral or chemical factors that immediately inhibit some key tumor suppressors or stimulate some key oncogenes, yet it enhances the background of spontaneous cancer frequency for almost all types of tumors.

However, smoking was a weaker risk factor for microalbuminuria nephropathy (OR 1.70 [95% CI 0.863 3.351], P = 0.125) and a stronger risk factor for macroalbuminuria nephropathy (2.36 [1.21–4.59], P = 0.012), supporting the oxidative stress hypothesis (11).

This is in accordance with our previous finding of smoking being a weaker risk factor for CRC than red and processed meat [ 20].

Cigarette smoking is the primary risk factor for bladder cancer (31) and a weak risk factor for diabetes (32); thus, inclusion of smoking data in this study is a strength.