Risk Factor

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024374",
  "term": "Risk Factor",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A characteristic (e.g., race, sex, age, obesity) or variable (e.g., smoking, exposure) associated with increased chance of toxic effects. Some standard risk factors used in general risk assessment calculations include average breathing rates, average weight, and average human life span.\n\n2. Characteristic (e.g., race, sex, age, obesity) or variable (e.g., smoking, occupational exposure level) associated with increased probability of a toxic effect.\n\n3. Characteristics (e.g., race, sex, age, obesity) or variables (e.g., smoking, occupational exposure level) associated with increased probability of a toxic effect.\n\n4. An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, an environmental exposure, or an inborn or inherited characteristic that is associated with an increased occurrence of disease or other health-related event or condition.\n\n5. Characteristic (e.g., race, sex, age, obesity) or variable (e.g., smoking, occupational exposure level) associated with increased probability of an adverse effect.\n\n6. Characteristic (e.g., race, sex, age, obesity) or variable (e.g., smoking, occupational exposure level) associated with increased probability of a toxic effect. [EPA 2005b, RAIS 2004]\n\n7. A characteristic (e.g., race, sex, age, obesity) or variable (e.g., smoking, exposure) associated with increased chance of toxic effects. Some standard risk factors used in general risk assessment calculations include average breathing rates, average weight, and average human life span. [EPA 2005e]\n\n8. An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, an environmental exposure, or an inborn or inherited characteristic that is associated with an increased occurrence of disease or other health-related event or condition. [CDC 2005]\n\n9. Anything that increases the likelihood of disease, injury, illness, death, etc. [NYS 1998]\n\n10. A cause, or indicator of a cause, of disease. [NZ 2002]\n\n11. Aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, an environmental exposure, or an inborn or inherited characteristic that is associated with an increased occurrence of disease or other health-related event or condition.\n\n12. A characteristic (e.g., race, sex, age, obesity) or variable (e.g., smoking, occupational exposure level) associated with increased probability of an adverse effect.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary; EPA 2005e; Environmental Issues Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; EPA 2005b, RAIS 2004",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "CDC 2005",
    "Report on the Environment (ROE) Glossary",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "CDC Epidemiology Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/risk-factor/"
}