Everybody has some risk of developing atheroma which then may cause one or more cardiovascular diseases. However, certain 'risk factors' increase the risk. Risk factors include:
However, if you have a fixed risk factor, you may want to make extra effort to tackle any lifestyle risk factors that can be changed.
Note: Some risk factors are more 'risky' than others. For example, smoking and a high cholesterol level cause a greater risk to health than obesity. Also, risk factors interact. So, if you have two or more risk factors, your health risk is much more increased than if you just have one. For example, a middle aged male smoker who has high blood pressure and a high cholesterol level has a high risk of developing a cardiovascular disease such as a heart attack before the age of 60.
No, an atheroma is an abnormal fatty deposit in an artery.
Risk factors for getting the disease or risk factors if you already have the disease?
they are basically the same word you can either say atheroma or plaque. they have same meaning. a atheroma which forms is also called plaque. hope this helps umer g
Statistically: Dependent risk factors require other risk factors to reach statistical significance Independent risk factors are still statistically significant when adjusted for known risk factors
Risk Factors
The following are risk factors for COPD:
Collision-Risk Factors
An atheroma is an accumulation of material that has degenerated in the artery walls. When the material swells, it narrows and restricts blood flow.
Yes, all diseases have risk factors.
There are various health risk factors in smog having area. This is the example of health risk factors in a sentence.
Atheroma is the deposition of hard yellow plaque in the inner most layers of the arteries which maybe due to high level of fatty and fibres deposition in the blood
Probability and Severity are the two factors determine the risk level in the Risk Assessment Matrix.