multifactorial
Multiple contributing elements
Multifactorial describes something caused or influenced by multiple factors rather than a single one.
The term appears most often in medicine and genetics, where diseases like heart disease or diabetes result from combinations of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors: The causes of obesity are multifactorial.
Outside technical contexts, multifactorial simply means complex in origin.
Involving numerous hereditary units
- heritabilityGenetic share of variation
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- allelesVariant forms of genes
loci · inheritance · genome · epigenetics · penetrance · expressivity · GWAS · familial
Science of disease origins
- determinantsWhat decides outcomes
- contributoryHelping cause something
- predisposingMaking more likely beforehand
- precipitatingCausing to occur suddenly
underlying · triggering · influences · pathogenesis · susceptibility · predisposition · vulnerability · comorbidity
Having many distinct aspects
- interconnectedJoined in multiple ways
- interplayReciprocal action between things
- multilayeredHaving multiple strata
- nuancedHaving fine distinctions
intricate · synergistic · compounded · overlapping · convergent · bidirectional · reciprocal · dynamic
Return to former state
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- statisticalRelating to data analysis
- ANOVACompares means among groups
- covarianceJoint deviation measure
multivariate · modeling · variance · correlation · confounding · stratification · meta-analysis · logistic
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
asthma · autoimmune · Alzheimer's · schizophrenia · depression · arthritis · atherosclerosis · COPD
polygenic
Involving numerous hereditary units
- heritabilityGenetic share of variation
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
alleles · loci · inheritance · genome · epigenetics · penetrance · expressivity · GWAS · familial · hereditary
etiology
Science of disease origins
- determinantsWhat decides outcomes
- contributoryHelping cause something
- predisposingMaking more likely beforehand
precipitating · underlying · triggering · influences · pathogenesis · susceptibility · predisposition · vulnerability · comorbidity · confounders
multidimensional
Having many distinct aspects
- interconnectedJoined in multiple ways
- interplayReciprocal action between things
- multilayeredHaving multiple strata
nuanced · intricate · synergistic · compounded · overlapping · convergent · bidirectional · reciprocal · dynamic · heterogeneous
regression
Return to former state
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- statisticalRelating to data analysis
- ANOVACompares means among groups
covariance · multivariate · modeling · variance · correlation · confounding · stratification · meta-analysis · logistic · adjustment
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
cancer · asthma · autoimmune · Alzheimer's · schizophrenia · depression · arthritis · atherosclerosis · COPD · inflammatory
multifactorialsimple
Free of complexity
one-dimensional · straightforward · uncomplicated · monogenic · elementary
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