Main high-risk groups were patients who were <25 years old (for chlamydia), >25 years old (syphilis), men who have sex with men (MSM; for gonorrhoea/syphilis/HIV) or having symptoms (for any STI).
However, it must be noted that the main aim of this study was to investigate easily measured risk factors of musculoskeletal pain in preteens and early adolescents and identify high risk groups for primary prevention purposes.
In well-resourced settings, the elderly and persons who inject drugs are the main risk groups for tetanus and additional vaccination of these high risk groups has been advocated.
Each flu season, the main objective of the DGS has been to increase IV coverage in high risk groups (i.e., individuals >65 years old and patients with specific chronic diseases) and priority groups of health professionals [ 13, 14].
Similarly, main risk factors for SUDEP like frequent, uncontrolled convulsive seizures will have to be present in both SUDEP and high risk groups (Hesdorffer et al., 2011), and hence, are also the major distinguishing factor of high risk versus low risk subjects in our study.
Anyone can contract AIDS, beyond the "high risk" groups outlined above.
The main reasons for this is the introduction of total mesorectal excision (TME) [ 3] and better staging with adjuvant treatment for patient in high risk groups [ 4].
The high-risk and very high risk groups were collapsed into a single SCORE ≥5% high-risk group.
The ANOVA showed a significant (p < 0.008) main effect of G72 status on verbal working memory (p = 0.001, the high risk group performed better than both other groups) and attention (p = 0.002, the intermediate risk group performed worse than both other groups).
"Our main focus is to prevent the children, the young adults [from contracting HIV/AIDS], because they are the vulnerable section, the high risk group.
