Risk Factor

A risk factor is a variable associated with an increased risk of disease or infection. Risk factors are correlational and not necessarily causal, because correlation does not imply causation. For example, being young cannot be said to cause measles, but young people are more at risk as they are less likely to have developed immunity during a previous epidemic.

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This article uses material from Wikipedia; the original article is from Risk factor . The list of authors can be viewed on the history page. As with all CTSpedia content, the text of Wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License