2. What are risk factors for
diseases?

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Risk factors for a are everything
that contributes increase the risk of
disease to appear. For , for
most cardiovascular diseases,
smoking and diabetes mellitus both
important risk factors; some cancers
having a component a positive
family is a risk factor, .