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https://w3id.org/codo#RiskFactor
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RiskFactor

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A risk factor is any attribute, characteristic, or exposure that increases the likelihood of developing a particular disease or experiencing a certain health condition. Risk factors can be divided into two main categories: modifiable and non-modifiable. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2021). Understand Your Risk for Heart Disease. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/risk_factors.htm SCTID: 80943009 An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. (MSH) Any aspect of an individual's life, behavior, an environmental exposure, or an inborn or inherited characteristic that increases the likelihood of a disease, condition or injury. (NCI) Personal behaviors or lifestyles, environmental effects, or inborn characteristics which epidemiological evidence has shown to be associated with the increased rate of a behavior or health-related condition. (PSY)
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