Open AccessComparative evaluation of Indian Diabetes Risk Score and Finnish Diabetes Risk Score for predicting risk of diabetes mellitus type II: A teaching hospital-based survey in Maharashtra
Author(s) -
Shivshakti D Pawar,
Jayashri D Naik,
Priya Prabhu,
Gajanan M Jatti,
Sachin Jadhav,
BK Radhe
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.214957
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , context (archaeology) , receiver operating characteristic , odds ratio , framingham risk score , diagnostic odds ratio , risk assessment , odds , logistic regression , endocrinology , paleontology , computer security , disease , computer science , biology
India is currently becoming capital for diabetes mellitus. This significantly increasing incidence of diabetes putting an additional burden on health care in India. Unfortunately, half of diabetic individuals are unknown about their diabetic status. Hence, there is an emergent need of effective screening instrument to identify "diabetes risk" individuals.