risk factor

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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risk factor

Summary

risk factor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • risk factor is a type of environmental factor[2].
  • risk factor is a type of etiology[3].
  • risk factor is a type of epidemiologic factor[4].
  • risk factor is a type of determinants of health[5].
  • risk factor's Commons category is recorded as Risk factors[6].
  • risk factor is the opposite of protective factor[7].
  • risk factor's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as A23[8].
  • risk factor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Risk factors[9].
  • risk factor's facet of is recorded as risk[10].
  • risk factor's facet of is recorded as health risk[11].
  • risk factor's contributing factor of is recorded as risk[12].
  • risk factor's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5642[13].
  • risk factor's different from is recorded as risk factor[14].
  • risk factor's different from is recorded as risk source[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include environmental factor[2], etiology[3], epidemiologic factor[4], and determinants of health[5]. risk factor is the opposite of protective factor[7].

Why It Matters

risk factor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of protective factor
    Aliases
    Different from risk factor, risk source
    Main wikidata property P5642
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13277, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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