The part of the sentence "affects the risk" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to a factor or situation that increases the chance of something happening. For example, "Smoking is known to affect the risk of developing lung cancer."
The goal was to estimate how alcohol affects the risk of 23 health problems.
There were not enough data, however, for the IARC working group to reach a conclusion about whether the way meat is cooked affects the risk of cancer.
Staying in the Game So far, scientists here have found little evidence that diet or exercise affects the risk of dementia in people over 90.
Pu YS, Yang SM, Huang YK, Chung CJ, Huang SK, Chiu AW et al. Urinary arsenic profile affects the risk of urothelial carcinoma even at low arsenic exposure.
Some post hoc analyses from randomized controlled trials also suggest that raising HDL-C beneficially affects the risk of CVD.
"It's remarkable that something that's happening in the early years of life affects the risk of a cancer happening seven decades later," said Dr. Martin J. Blaser, the lead author and a professor of medicine at New York University.
Dr Teresa Norat, the lead researcher, said: "This study gives us a better picture of how body fat affects the risk of bowel cancer.
Existing studies have failed to clarify whether the recurrence of obstetric anal sphincter injury affects the risk of anal and fecal incontinence at long-term follow-up.
To determine if the process of care in primary health, affects the risk of avoidable hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSH) for heart failure (HF).
Paraoxonase (PON), a high-density lipoprotein associated enzyme, is believed to protect against low-density lipoprotein oxidation and thus affects the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD).
Although an elective cesarean delivery protects against recurrent obstetric anal sphincter injury, it is uncertain how the second delivery affects the risk of long-term anal incontinence.
