22 Existing studies of adherence to stroke prevention guidelines are limited as they use hypothetical questionnaires or retrospective interviews, where responses may differ from actual practice, and often focus on only one risk factor.
Focusing, therefore, on only one risk factor may be less than optimal in enabling researchers to predict who will develop untoward events in complex diseases like diabetes and CAD.
However, many of these studies have been limited in scope, often focusing on particular subsets of the homeless population and/or examining only one risk factor [ 16, 44- 47], or conducted outside of North America [ 42, 43, 48, 49].
Dr. David T. Roen, a Clarkston, Wash., veterinarian who writes an animal-care column, said the virus could be only one risk factor that smoke might worsen.
The economy is only one risk factor – creating a brand ultimately comes down to a matter of taste.
Subjects exposed to high levels of As (cumulative As exposure > 14.7 ppm-year or drinking artesian well water > 21 years) and carrying the R-C-S haplotype had significantly increased risks for ECG abnormality over those with only one risk factor.
