risk factor
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variable or factor associated with an increased risk of disease or infection, with the association being frequently correlational and not necessarily causal
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2,152,619 papers- Risk Factor Management Before and After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.Cardiac electrophysiology clinics · 2020
- Risk Factors for the Development of Psoriasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
- Lifestyle as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation.Cardiac electrophysiology clinics · 2021
- Gender, an additional cardiovascular risk factor?International journal of cardiology · 2021
- Risk-factor modification to prevent recurrent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation.Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine · 2025
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In epidemiology, a risk factor or determinant is a variable associated with an increased risk of disease or infection.
Due to a lack of harmonization across disciplines, determinant, in its more widely accepted scientific meaning, is often used as a synonym. The main difference lies in the realm of practice: medicine (clinical practice) versus public health. As an example from clinical practice, low ingestion of dietary sources of vitamin C is a known risk factor for developing scurvy. Specific to public health policy, a determinant is a health risk that is general, abstract, related to inequalities, and difficult for an individual to control. For example, poverty is known to be a determinant of an individual's standard of health.