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Risk Factor (/medicine/risk_factor)

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Type definition

A risk factor is anything that increases a person's likelihood of developing or contracting a disease or medical condition. It can be genetic, environmental, or behavioral.

Examples

• Obesity - Obesity increases a person's risk of contracting many diseases that a person of normal weight would be less likely to contract, such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, etc.
• Tobacco smoking - Smoking increases one's risk of getting lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, pneumonia, etc.
• Race - A person's race is also a risk factor for some diseases. For example, a person of Caucasian race is more likely to get Crohn's disease, breast, cancer, and osteoporosis than other races.
• Gender - Even a person's gender is a risk factor for some diseases. Males are more prone in contracting Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Bladder cancer, and Acute myeloid leukemia than females.
• High-fat diet - Person's that eat a high-fat diet are more likely to get Cardiovascular diseases, Hypertension, Prostate cancer, etc. than people who consume a low-fat diet.