Adjective : Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.    From Dictionary.com. 

I agree that diabetes is a disease of multifactorial causes.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York trans-fat ban fallout | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

Sleep problems in children with ADHD are often multifactorial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Well, who would have known? It's a real disorder!] Reference

As with so many other things in life, the causes are multifactorial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Musings of an Unaffiliated Jew on Erev Rosh Hashanah] Reference

ARCHER: Well, I think that it ` s going to be a multifactorial answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2009] Reference

Obviously vineyards need some temperature, but it is indeed multifactorial.    From Wordnik.com.  [IPCC and the Al Gore Hockey Stick « Climate Audit] Reference

Although stuttering has been shown to run in families, it is multifactorial.    From Wordnik.com.  [When is the Best Time to Start Braces?] Reference

A multifactorial investigation of speciation theory using Drosophila melanogaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yet another controversy - the Intelligent Deceiver - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

So it ` s multifactorial, but clearly, anabolic steroids is one of the real considerations.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2007] Reference

You worked through the math yourself to untangle Lott's multifactorial regression analysis?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

To quote from that MAGNUM site, "Tension-type headache is multifactorial and poorly understood.".    From Wordnik.com.  [So, you're saying this is NOT my fault?] Reference

It is likely the cause of infant colic is multifactorial because it has proven to be so elusive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colic and Dairy Allergy] Reference

LANDER: Those are the ones that are multifactorial, that do interact a great deal with environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Millennium Evening Transcript Informatics Meets Genomics] Reference

Dr. Shallenberger considers AIDS a multifactorial disease that strikes when the immune system is down.    From Wordnik.com.  [AIDS] Reference

Otosclerosis is a multifactorial disease, caused by an interaction of genetic and environmental factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gene Responsible for Common Hearing Loss Identified | Impact Lab] Reference

Obesity and heart disease are multifactorial diseases, meaning they have many causes including genetics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carbohydrates are addictive | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

The etiology of these desires is multifactorial and a result of complex interactions with the environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Speedlinking 8/12/07] Reference

If heritability is less than 100 percent, then the characteristic being studied is by definition "multifactorial.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Homosexuality and Biology] Reference

Height, on the other hand, though about 90 percent genetic, is also affected by nutrition, and thus is multifactorial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homosexuality and Biology] Reference

“Given the multifactorial nature of the problem, presumed consent alone will not solve the organ shortage,” she concludes.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Do an Underfunded 401(k) and a Dialysis Patient Have in Common? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

And the types of injuries were multifactorial, this is, head injuries, orthopedic injuries, abdominal, intra-abdominal injuries.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2008] Reference

Maternal mortality in India is a multifactorial problem, stemming from medical, socioeconomic and health system-related factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nancy Northup: An Open Letter To Secretary Clinton About The Gross Neglect Of Women's Reproductive Rights In India] Reference

Health is a multifactorial concept, influenced by a variety of determinants, climate change being one of many environmental factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Environmental change and social, cultural, and mental health in the Arctic] Reference

Jim Wolfe#59 … multifactorial reasons … first and foremost, to deny Saddam the same control of the region that Iran is now looking for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion.] Reference

The development of breast cancer is multifactorial.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Most likely, though, the cause of SAD is multifactorial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

The cause and manifestation of coronary heart disease is multifactorial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

"But Sudep is going to be multifactorial - no question." forensic science.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

It has most probably been an accumulation of factors; multifactorial, if you will.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Osteochondrosis is considered a multifactorial problem, although diet is highly implicated.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference

The recent rapid escalation of health care expenses is multifactorial in origin (Kendall 2006).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Acton Institute - Acton News & Commentary] Reference

He said: 'Smoking behavior and nicotine dependence are multifactorial traits with substantial genetic influences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Acne vulgaris is a decorticate model with a multifactorial etiology including androgen stimulation of sebum production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

The general model is laid out in this From monogenic to multifactorial predisposition: the example of infectious diseases.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

"One of the single biggest problems we have with studying and managing fatigue is that it's so multifactorial," Passik said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emaxhealth] Reference

So we're talking about mitigating about 80\% of a single risk factor of a multifactorial disease that strikes in later life.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Whole Lotta Nothing] Reference

Obesity is a chronic disease that is complex, multifactorial, and develops from the interaction between genotype and the environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vagus Surgicalis] Reference

Gene-environment interactions are likely to be involved in the susceptibility to multifactorial diseases but are difficult to detect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

And "attention problems are so multifactorial that it would be hard to say that this is a major agent if it is causal at all," she added.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference