Table 1. Diabetes Risk Score assessed risk factors of diabetes mellitus type 2 and formula.
Risk Factors and categories | Category values |
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Age (in Years) | - |
Gender | |
Male | 0 |
Female | -0.879 |
Treatment of HTN | |
No HTN medications | 0 |
On HTN medications | 1.222 |
Use of steroids | |
Not on steroids | 0 |
On steroids | 2.191 |
Family history of DM | |
No first degree family members with diabetes | 0 |
Parent or sibling with diabetes mellitus | 0.728 |
Parent and sibling with diabetes mellitus | 0.753 |
History of smoking | |
Non-smoker | 0 |
Used to smoke | -0.218 |
Smoker | 0.855 |
BMI (Kg/m2) | |
<25 | 0 |
25–27.49 | 0.699 |
27.5–29.99 | 1.97 |
≥ 30 | 2.518 |
Diabetes Risk Score = 100 / (1 + e (Terms)), where;
Terms = 6.322—Sex—Treatment of HTN—Use of Steroids–(0.063 * Age)–BMI—Smoker