How to Use risk factor in a Sentence

risk factor

noun
  • Age is one of the risk factors for this disease.
  • Case said her study did not find that ships’ age was a risk factor.
    — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Age is the most common risk factor.
    — Erica Sweeney, SELF, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Part of that has to do with people learning about the risk factors.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2017
  • High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
  • High impact sports such as football or rugby can be a risk factor.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And research shows that easy access to firearms is also a key risk factor.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Research has shown that easy access to firearms is also a key risk factor.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Poor oral hygiene is the number one risk factor for gum disease.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 29 May 2025
  • The best way to prevent a stroke is to know the risk factors, Watson added.
    — NBC News, 6 Feb. 2020
  • If so, the app will pop up an alert with guidance about next steps and possible risk factors.
    — Popular Science, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Again, this risk factor shows predictions up to 30 years ahead.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Diabetes is the third risk factor.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 25 Feb. 2026
  • What are the risk factors that make some people more or less likely to develop it?
    — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • But now, there is an easy and delicious way to mitigate a key risk factor.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 1 June 2026
  • Hence why later age of first pregnancy is a key breast cancer risk factor.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Kapler struck me as an appalling hire, just from the risk factor, and some people won’t ever let go of that.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • So, air pollution is a major risk factor.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Rushing tasks increases the risk factor as the sun and Mars clash.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
  • That risk factor is cut in half to 40% when the speed is lowered to 30 miles per hour.
    — oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Vision loss is a risk factor for dementia.
    — Akshay Syal, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
  • These are the primary risk factors [for a man becoming a rapist].
    — Robert Klemko, SI.com, 13 June 2019
  • Heart disease is the world’s leading killer and high cholesterol is a key risk factor — but not the only one.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Twin Cities, 11 Nov. 2019
  • But, as Brooks and his coauthors point out, cannabis use could be another risk factor.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • While there are a few theories, keep in mind that these haven't been set in stone as actual risk factors yet.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Density itself is a high risk factor.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Jan. 2026
  • From a very young age, children start to develop moles, which are a key risk factor for melanoma throughout life.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 24 July 2018
  • Premature birth is a risk factor for death in the first 28 days to one year of an infant's life.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The dry mouth that can accompany smoking weed is also a risk factor.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Too much sodium in the diet can lead to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2021

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