Measures of risk and their relationship to the relative size of a high-risk group: application to medical thromboprophylaxis | Zendy

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Measures of risk and their relationship to the relative size of a high-risk group: application to medical thromboprophylaxis

Author(s) -

J. A. Millar

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868

H-Index - 58

ISSN - 1179-1349

DOI - 10.2147/clep.s37527

Subject(s) - medicine , population , relative risk , risk factor , absolute risk reduction , risk assessment , risk analysis (engineering) , confidence interval , environmental health , computer security , computer science

The aim of this study was to establish the meaning of "high-risk" when the subgroup so defined by risk factor analysis is a substantial proportion of the population. This is clinically important when patients, deemed to be at high risk as a result of risk factor analysis, become eligible for a clinical intervention to decrease the risk, especially if the intervention has adverse effects. One example in clinical practice is the assessment of eligibility for medical thromboprophylaxis.

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