Table 3.

Examples of Simple Tools Used to Screen for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in Populations, Variables Included, and Performance According to a Receiving Operating Characteristic Curve^a

Name	Variables included	%AUCb
Cambridge risk score	Age, antihypertensive medication, BMI, family history of DM, sex, smoking, steroid use	80.0
Danish diabetes risk score	Age, BMI, family history of DM, hypertension, physical activity, sex	80.3
Indian diabetes risk score	Abdominal obesity, family history of DM, physical activity	69.8

^aExtracted from Schwarz and colleagues.⁹

^bPercentage area under the receiving operating characteristic curve.