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Risk-Enhancing Factors

Meaning

Risk-Enhancing Factors are specific, measurable clinical characteristics, biomarkers, or historical variables that, when present in an individual, significantly elevate their absolute probability of developing a particular disease or experiencing a serious adverse health event. In personalized endocrinology, these factors are critical for refining standard risk assessment and justifying more intensive preventive or therapeutic interventions. They confer a risk beyond that of typical risk factors.