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Demographic risk
factor/genetic risk factor
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(background
characteristic)
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Meets the
definition of a risk factor, but currently is
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immutable to
change
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Perhaps more
likely to expose the host to the causal
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chain than be
part of the causal chain
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Not useful for
intervention, but often useful as a group
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characteristic
when targeting people to apply another
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intervention
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May be
informative in modeling because of potential for
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interaction
effects
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