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Diabetes risk score

Four questions from the Indian Diabetes Risk Score, a simple screening tool developed and validated in Indian adults. It estimates risk. It cannot tell you whether you have diabetes.
I am
My age is
My waist measures

Measure around your middle at the level of your navel, breathing out gently.

My physical activity is
My parents

Source

  1. Mohan V, Deepa R, Deepa M, Somannavar S, Datta M. A simplified Indian Diabetes Risk Score for screening for undiagnosed diabetic subjects. J Assoc Physicians India. 2005;53:759-763.

In its original validation, a score of 60 or more identified about seven in ten people with undiagnosed diabetes, while also flagging many who did not have it. It is a first step, not a diagnosis.

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