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Risk Factors

Strong risk factors include :

• Low dietary folate intake
• Age >65 years
• Alcoholism
• Pregnant or lactating mothers
• Prematurity
• Intestinal malabsorptive disorders e.g. celiac disease, tropical sprue, jejunal resection, inflammatory bowel diseases.
• Use of drugs e.g. trimethoprim, methotrexate, anticonvulsants, sulfasalazine, or pyrimethamine
• Infantile intake of goats' milk which is low in folate content
• Congenital defects in folate absorption and metabolism

Weaker risk factors inlcude :

• States of increased cell turnover e.g. chronic hemolysis
• Intake of special diet
• Chronic dialysis

There are no established risk factors for [disease name].

OR

The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

Common Risk Factors

• Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.
• Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
  • [Risk factor 1]
  • [Risk factor 2]
  • [Risk factor 3]

Less Common Risk Factors

• Less common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
  • [Risk factor 1]
  • [Risk factor 2]
  • [Risk factor 3]