Abstract
In 1988, McCormick and Skrabanek reiterated an earlier plea by Grundy to replace the term “risk factor” by “risk marker” [1]. They hoped that the change would reduce the danger of “falsely ascribing aetiological meaning” to these factors, something that “may lead to unreal expectations of the possibilities of prevention” [1]. Other investigators have preferred the term “risk indicators” for similar reasons.
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