Acquired risk factors include the strong risk factor of older age, which alters blood composition to favor clotting.
In our study the non-modifiable factor of older age and the difficult to modify factor of low income were similarly associated with death and cardiovascular events in donors and non-donors.
Most patients had the "typical" risk factors of older age, recent hospitalisation, nursing home residency and presence of wounds.
However, in HP+ individuals the factors of older age and the NQO1 609 T allele, IL-10 819 C allele and PTPN11 A allele were all significantly associated with IM.
A significant factor in the social aspects of old age concerns the values and education of the generation itself.
In a review of prognostic factors, the adverse influence of older age, pelvic site and presence of metastatic disease was confirmed (Glaubiger et al, 1980; Craft, 1985).
These findings are surprising given the different baseline characteristics of laxative users and non-users suggesting that laxative users have a higher number of chronic conditions, lower physical functioning and are of older age, factors known to influence the risk for falls, fractures and changes in BMD [ 26, 64, 65].
Decreased BMD can occur due to several factors of which old age and female gender are the most important ones.
1, 2 RBD most commonly affects older men, with over 80% of RBD patients over 50 years old being men. 3 However, possible mechanisms underlying the predominance of RBD in men of older age and factors predisposing individuals for development of RBD remain unknown.
Several individual risk factors for continuous abuse were reported: women of older age [ 10], previous physical or sexual abuse in adulthood[ 6], poor social support, high psychological distress[ 12], time couple has lived together[ 13] and number of dependants[ 9].
