Antihypertensive and prednisone therapy may be important risk factors for adverse perinatal events, but further research is needed to confirm these findings.
Problems related to health, jobs, relationships and finances have also been shown to be important risk factors for suicide, the C.D.C. reported.
In addition, rare variants in other genes, such as the Gaucher's disease-associated glucocerebrosidase A, have also been found to be important risk factors at least in subgroups of patients.
Hypoxemia and hypotension in the early postoperative period, particularly diastolic hypotension, may be important risk factors for periventricular leukomalacia.
Interleukin-6 and Il-17 generated in response to NTHi may be important risk factors as well.
The etiological factors driving the development of prostate cancer have yet to be fully identified and emerging evidence has suggested that infectious agents may be important risk factors for disease.
Because increases in APP levels and/or altered APP processing are likely to be important risk factors for AD, it is crucial to clarify the effect of UBQLN1 on APP in an in vivo system.
Psychosocial stressors may be important risk factors that may impact the pathogenesis of asthma and/or contribute to asthma morbidity by triggering exacerbations through neuroimmunologic mechanisms, as well as social mechanisms.
Tobacco smoking is the dominant causal factor for lung cancer; however, fewer than 20% of cigarette smokers develop the disease [2], suggesting that inherited genetic factors may also be important risk determinants.
These additional comorbid conditions may be important risk factors in that they increase antibiotic prescribing.
Social factors, including education, may be important risk markers for CHD [ 3– 6].
