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==Introduction== | |||
* The page name should be '''"(Disease name) risk factors"''', with only the first letter of the title capitalized. | |||
* '''Goal:''' Risk factors are behaviors and conditions that put the patient at risk for developing a disease. | |||
*Remember risk factors are different from cause. For example, elevated cholesterol is termed a risk factor, but is not the cause of coronary heart disease, childhood obesity is a risk factor, but not the cause of diabetes. In contrast, HIV causes AIDS, the bacteria ''Bartonella henselae'' is the cause of cat scratch disease. | |||
* As with all microchapter pages liking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put <nowiki>{{CMG}}</nowiki>, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning. | |||
* Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing <nowiki>[[square brackets]]</nowiki> around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click [[Help:Links|here]]. | |||
* Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters as outlined in the template below. | |||
* You should include the name of the disease in the first sentence of every subsection. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 8 August 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Charmaine Patel, M.D. [2]
Introduction
- The page name should be "(Disease name) risk factors", with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
- Goal: Risk factors are behaviors and conditions that put the patient at risk for developing a disease.
- Remember risk factors are different from cause. For example, elevated cholesterol is termed a risk factor, but is not the cause of coronary heart disease, childhood obesity is a risk factor, but not the cause of diabetes. In contrast, HIV causes AIDS, the bacteria Bartonella henselae is the cause of cat scratch disease.
- As with all microchapter pages liking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put {{CMG}}, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
- Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing [[square brackets]] around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click here.
- Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters as outlined in the template below.
- You should include the name of the disease in the first sentence of every subsection.
Overview
Risk factors for disease include .
Common Risk Factors
Common risk factors for the development of disease include:
Less Common Risk Factors
Other risk factors for the development of disease include: