Risk factor template

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

• The overview section should include the disease name in the first sentence. It can state "Risk factors for (disease name) are...."
• The goal is to summarize the risk factor page in several sentences. This section can be the same as the risk factors segment on the overview page.
• To see an example, click here

Common Risk Factors

• Here you can list the common risk factors for the disease.
• This may be a good section to include a table. For information on inserting tables, click here.

Less Common Risk Factors

Other risk factors for the development of disease include: