|
Category
|
Disease
|
Risk Factor
|
Direction
(IR=Increased Risk
P=Protective)
|
|
ALCOHOL
|
|
|
|
|
|
esophageal cancer
|
alcohol (interaction with
smoking)
|
IR
|
|
VIRUSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
liver cancer
|
hepatitis B virus
|
IR
|
|
|
Burkitt's lymphoma
|
Epstein Barr virus
|
IR
|
|
|
Kaposi's sarcoma
|
Herpes simples virus type 8
|
IR
|
|
|
cervical cancer
|
something transmitted
sexually
(human papilloma virus)
|
IR
|
|
|
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
|
Epstein Barr virus
|
IR
|
|
|
yellow fever
|
"something transmitted by
mosquitoes"
|
IR
|
|
|
nv Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
|
prions (interaction with
genotype)
|
IR
|
|
BACTERIA
|
|
|
|
|
|
cholera
|
"something in water" (vibrio
cholera)
|
IR
|
|
|
peptic ulcer
|
Helicobacter pylori
|
IR
|
|
|
puerperal fever
|
"something on doctors'
hands"(group B Streptococcus/step)
|
IR
|
|
NUTRITION
|
|
|
|
|
|
pellagra
|
"something in food" (niacin)
|
P
|
|
|
neural tube defects
|
folic acid, folate
|
P
|
|
|
oral clefts
|
folic acid
|
P
|
|
OCCUPATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
lung cancer
|
asbestos (interaction with
smoking)
|
IR
|
|
|
bladder cancer
|
aniline dye
|
IR
|
|
|
mesothelioma
|
asbestos
|
IR
|
|
|
lung cancer
|
asbestos (interaction with
smoking)
|
IR
|
|
|
angiosarcoma
|
vinly chloride
|
IR
|
|
|
infertility (male)
|
DBCP
|
IR
|
|
|
nasal cancer
|
nickel
|
IR
|
|
|
lung cancer
|
"something in uranium mines"
(interaction with smoking)
|
IR
|
|
ENVIRONMENT
|
|
|
|
|
|
cancer
|
arsenic
|
IR
|
|
|
dental caries
|
fluoride
|
P
|
|
DRUGS & DEVICES |
|
|
|
|
|
myocardial infarction
|
aspirin
|
P
|
|
|
micoagthnia
|
iso-retinone during pregnancy
|
IR
|
|
|
Dalkon Shield IUD
|
pelvic inflammatory disease
|
IR
|
|
|
Dalkon Shield IUD
|
septic abortion
|
IR
|
|
HORMONES
|
|
|
|
|
|
clear cell adenocarcinoma of
the vagina
|
diethylstilbesterol
|
IR
|
|
|
venous thromoembolism
|
combined estrogen/progestin
oral contraceptives
|
IR
|
|
|
venous thromoembolism
|
post-menopausal estrogen
|
IR
|
|
|
ovarian cancer
|
oral contraceptives
|
P
|
|
|
endometrial cancer
|
combined estrogen/progestin
oral contraceptives
|
P
|
|
|
endometrial cancer
|
post-menopausal estrogen
|
IR
|
|
|
iron deficiency anemia
|
oral contraceptives
|
P
|
|
|
benign breast disease
|
oral contraceptives
|
P
|
|
|
myocardial infarction
|
oral contraceptives
(interaction with smoking)
|
IR
|
|
|
ischemic stroke
|
oral contraceptives
(interaction with hypertension; modified by dose)
|
IR
|
|
GENETICS
|
|
|
|
|
|
breast cancer
|
"something genetic" (BRCA 1,
BRCA 2 mutations)
|
IR
|
|
|
ovarian cancer
|
"something genetic" (BRCA 2
mutations)
|
IR
|
|
|
colon cancer
|
"something genetic (APC 1
mutations)
|
IR
|
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
|
|
|
|
|
toxic shock syndrome
|
super absorbent tampons
|
IR
|
|
|
SIDS
|
prone sleep position
|
IR
|
|
|
Reye's syndrome
|
aspirin (interaction with
infection)
|
IR
|
|
SMOKING
|
|
|
|
|
|
lung cancer
|
smoking
|
IR
|
|
|
coronary disease
|
smoking
|
IR
|
|
|
hemorrhagic stroke
|
smoking
|
IR
|
|
|
ischemic stroke
|
smoking
|
IR
|
|
|
abdominal aortic aneurysm
|
smoking
|
IR
|
|
|
peripheral vascular disease
|
smoking
|
IR
|
|
|
Parkinson's Disease
|
smoking
|
P
|
|
|
ulcerative colitis
|
smoking
|
P
|
|
|
laryngeal cancer
|
smoking
|
IR
|
|
|
intrauterine growth
retardation
|
smoking during pregnancy
|
IR
|
|
|
toxemia/pre-eclampsia
|
smoking during pregnancy
|
P |
