Table 2.

Examples of externally validated diabetes risk models

Study/score	Year	Country	Age	Sex	Ethnicity	BMI	Waist circumference	Height	Family history of diabetes	Systolic blood pressure	HDL-cholesterol	Triglycerides	Uric acid	Antihypertensive medication	Hypertension	Cardiovascular disease	Use of corticosteroids	Diet	Physical inacitivity	Smoking	Deprivation index	Fasting glucose	Hemoglobin A1c
San Antonio	2002	USA	+	+	+	+			+	+	+											+
FINDRISK	2003	Finland	+	+		+	+							+				+	+
ARIC	2005	USA	+	+	+		+	+	+	+	+	+							+			+
Framingham Offspring	2007	USA	+	+		+			+	+	+	+
Cambridge Risk Score	2008	UK	+	+		+			+					+			+			+
QDScore	2009	UK	+	+	+									+	+	+	+			+	+
AUSDRISK	2010	Australia	+	+	+	+	+		+					+					+	+		+
KORA	2010	Germany	+	+		+			+				+		+					+		+	+

Abbreviations: ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; AUSDRISK, an Australian Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool based on demographic, lifestyle and simple anthropometric measures; BMI, body mass index; FINDRISK, Finnish Diabetes Risk Study, KORA, Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg Study.⁶