Thus, the 22q11.2 duplication might also function as a risk factor for ASD and increase the liability or severity in ASD individuals.
Studies in parents of pediatric cancer survivors that investigated trait anxiety, a measure closely related to neuroticism [ 23], found that it functioned as a risk factor for the development of PTSS.
Physical illness functioning as a distal risk may reflect a deterioration in quality of life over time (e.g., as cancer advances), or an increase in pain levels[ 49, 50].
This finding may suggest a potential mechanism by which low circulating 25(OH) D functions as a cardiovascular risk factor.
When replaced by ethnicity, level of social integration functioned as a significant risk factor for depression in pregnancy, in addition to a history of depression, adverse life events and poor subjective health before pregnancy.
The differences in the prevalence of MS according to the APOA5 −1131 genotype suggest that the increased frequency of the minor allele of the APOA5 −1131T>C polymorphism may function as a significant risk factor of MS susceptibility.
It is also possible that the ABI may function as a vascular risk marker in a slightly different manner in diabetic populations because of effects of stiffened arteries on the measurement of ankle pressures (12), and this could contribute to any disparity between findings for ABI and cognitive decline in diabetic compared with nondiabetic populations.
As does 2014's It Follows, which, on its surface, seemed like a typical, conservative take on sex, with the monster functioning as an embodiment of the risks of teen sexuality.
Hip-hop in Atlanta may be an alternative to the streets, but, over the years, it has also been enabled by the streets, which have functioned as an informal, risk-tolerant source of venture capital.
Considering this, the current prospective findings support the possibility that these cognitive abnormalities may already exist prior to trauma and may thus function as a pre-morbid risk factor for the development and maintenance of PTSD.
