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. 2013 Mar 21;10:E37. doi: 10.5888/pcd10.120131

Table 2. Range of AROCs of Asian and White DRSs for Diabetes, Dysglycemia, and Metabolic Syndrome Among 451 Participants in Rural Kerala, India.

Outcome Variable Range of AROCs of Asian DRSs Range of AROCs of White DRSsa
Diabetesb 0.776–0.802 0.716–0.828
Dysglycemiac 0.771–0.801 0.713–0.804
Metabolic syndromed 0.793–0.874 0.651–0.911

Abbreviations: AROCs, areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves; DRSs, diabetes risk scores.

a

Excluding Rotterdam Prediction Model 1 (7).

b

Fasting plasma glucose ≥126 mg/dL or on antidiabetes medication, or both.

c

Impaired fasting glucose (fasting plasma glucose 110–125 mg/dL and not on antidiabetes medication) or diabetes (fasting plasma glucose ≥126 mg/dL, or on antidiabetes medication, or both).

d

Three or more of the following: raised triglycerides (≥150 mg/dL, or treatment of this lipid abnormality), reduced HDL cholesterol (<40 mg/dL in men and <50 mg/dL in women, or treatment of this lipid abnormality), raised blood pressure (systolic blood pressure ≥130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥85 mm Hg or treatment of previously diagnosed hypertension), or raised fasting plasma glucose (≥100 mg/dL or previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes).