Race may also be an important demographic risk factor for metabolic abnormalities.
Subclinical hypothyroidism is a known risk factor for lipid abnormalities, endothelial dysfunction, and coronary heart disease [ 27, 36, 39, 40].
The association of corticosteroid use with PFT abnormalities could be related to the effects of the drug itself or, more probably, identifies patients with severe or difficult to treat RA, a known risk factor for PFT abnormalities [ 16, 43].
The high frequency of obesity (an independent risk factor for metabolic abnormalities and CVD) among HIV/HAART patients has an inimical effect on their immune reconstitution and body composition [ 6].
The use of ritonavir-boosted PI regimens was associated with a consistent risk factor for all metabolic abnormality outcomes [ 20].
At the same time, our study adds further weight to the notion that being reared by a surrogate mother that experienced immune activation during pregnancy may constitute a risk factor for specific dopaminergic abnormalities.
The limited number of studies of serum proteins and paraproteins in women with silicone implants, and the lack of a controlled study taking into account CTD as an additional possible risk factor for serum protein abnormalities, prompted this case controlled investigation.
The most consistent risk factor for any type of abnormality is older age, which is even a more consistent risk factor than duration of diabetes or history of CVD.
Equations for optimal growth were derived from this total population sample of singleton, Caucasian births without recognised risk factors for growth abnormality, which comprised 49.7% of all Western Australian births and 60.5% of the Caucasian singleton births.
Two of the five patients have died as a direct result of their haematological malignancy; in one instance this developed some time after the treatment, and the initial prognosis for the NET had already been markedly exceeded, while in the other, additional risk factors for haematological abnormality had also been present (namely, the use of methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis).
Multiple infections might be a risk factor for development of cytological abnormalities.
