What does a risk factor do?
Risk factors prevent disease unless a person has an inherited mutation.
Risk factors identify the exact time when disease will develop.
Risk factors increase disease probability but do not guarantee disease develops.
Risk factors directly cause disease in everyone exposed to them.
5.4 Non-communicable diseases Flashcards
Flashcards for Edexcel GCSE Biology 5.4 Non-communicable diseases, covering the key terms, definitions and processes you need to recall for Paper 1 and Paper 2. 23 cards drawn from 5.4.1 Interaction of factors in non-communicable disease, 5.4.2 Lifestyle factors and non-communicable disease, and 5.4.3 Treatments for cardiovascular disease, matched to the Edexcel GCSE Biology (1BI0) specification. Recall questions account for roughly 40% of marks at GCSE Biology, so these target the marks you can secure before the paper starts.