Risk Factors
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

No association of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome: the Norwegian HUNT study.

20 Dec 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome. METHOD: Cross-sectional study of 9571 participants aged 20-89 years in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT 2). We assessed anxiety and depression with ... Read more...

Laser treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in patients on oral anticoagulant therapy: a review.

20 Dec 2009 We assessed the therapeutic efficacy and safety of laser prostatectomy (LP) for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in patients on oral anticoagulation. We systematically reviewed previous reports, using the Pubmed database and ... Read more...

High serum Abeta and vascular risk factors in first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients.

6 Dec 2009 The main objective of this study was to determine whether elevated blood beta-amyloid (Abeta) levels among the first-degree relatives of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are associated with vascular risk factors of AD. Serum Abeta was measured ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Risk Factors'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• No association of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome: the Norwegian HUNT study. 20 Dec 2009
• Laser treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in patients on oral anticoagulant therapy: a review. 20 Dec 2009
• High serum Abeta and vascular risk factors in first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients. 6 Dec 2009
• Model-based projections for deriving up-to-date cancer survival estimates: an international evaluation. 29 Nov 2009
• IGF2R polymorphisms and risk of esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas. 29 Nov 2009
• Consumption of vegetables and fruit and the risk of bladder cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. 29 Nov 2009
• Eradication of Helicobacter pylori prevents cancer development in subjects with mild gastric atrophy identified by serum pepsinogen levels. 29 Nov 2009
• Isothiocyanates, glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 polymorphisms and gastric cancer risk: a prospective study of men in Shanghai, China. 29 Nov 2009
• Repeated measures of serum glucose and insulin in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer. 29 Nov 2009
• p73 G4C14-to-A4T14 polymorphism and risk of second primary malignancy after index squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck. 29 Nov 2009
• Common germline polymorphisms in COMT, CYP19A1, ESR1, PGR, SULT1E1 and STS and survival after a diagnosis of breast cancer. 29 Nov 2009
• Synergistic effect of HLA class II loci and cytokine gene polymorphisms on the risk of gastric cancer in Japanese patients with Helicobacter pylori infection. 29 Nov 2009
• Serum cholesterol levels in relation to the incidence of cancer: the JPHC study cohorts. 29 Nov 2009
• HIV/AIDS and diabetes: minimizing risk, optimizing care. 29 Nov 2009
• The preoperative positivity for serum hepatitis B e antigen did not affect overall survival after curative resection of hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma. 18 Nov 2009
• Children at risk for developmental coordination disorder: judgement of changes in action capabilities. 17 Nov 2009
• Carbonic anhydrase IX and human papillomavirus as diagnostic biomarkers of cervical dysplasia/neoplasia in women with a cytologic diagnosis of atypical glandular cells: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study in United States. 13 Nov 2009
• Risk of thyroid cancer in survivors of childhood cancer: results from the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 13 Nov 2009
• Exposure to the carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in smokers from 3 populations with different risks of lung cancer. 13 Nov 2009
• Serum IL-6 levels and the risk for hepatocarcinogenesis in chronic hepatitis C patients: an analysis based on gender differences. 13 Nov 2009

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Technical information about 'Risk Factors'

Definition: An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.

Descriptor UI: D012307

Alternative terms: Risk Factors; Factor, Risk; Factors, Risk; Risk Factor;

Tree Number: E05.318.740.600.800.725; N05.715.350.200.700; N05.715.360.750.625.700.700; N06.850.490.625.750; N06.850.520.830.600.800.725;

History Note: 88

Technical Notes: human & animal; an epidemiol concept for risk factors in dis, surg, etc.: do not confuse with RISK, a statist concept & aspect of probability; coord NIM with specific disease or other concept (IM); no qualif; specify geog if pertinent