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Table 1 The Australian Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool

From: Factors influencing participant enrolment in a diabetes prevention program in general practice: lessons from the Sydney diabetes prevention program

 

Your Score

 

Your Score

1. Your age group?

 

6. Are you currently taking medication for high blood pressure?

 

 Under 35 years

0 points

 

 No

0 points

 

 35 – 44 years

2 points

 

 Yes

2 points

___

 45 – 54 years

4 points

    

 55 – 64 years

6 points

    

 65 years or over

8 points

___

   

2. Your gender?

7. Do you currently smoke cigarettes or any other tobacco products on a daily basis?

 

 Female

0 points

 

 No

0 points

 

 Male

3 points

___

 Yes

2 points

___

3. Ethnicity/Country of birth:

  

8. How often do you eat vegetables or fruit?

 

3a. Are you of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Pacific Islander or Maori descent?

  

 Everyday

0 points

 

 No

0 points

 

 Not everyday

1 point

___

 Yes

2 points

___

9. On average, would you say you do at least 2.5 hours of physical activity per week (for example, 30 minutes a day on 5 or more days a week)?

 

3b. Where were you born?

  

 Yes

0 points

 

 Asia (including the Indian sub-continent), Middle East, North Africa, Southern Europe

2 points

 

 No

2 points

___

 Other

0 points

___

   

4. Have either of your parents, or any of your brothers or sisters been diagnosed with diabetes (type 1 or type 2)?

  

10. Your waist measurement taken below the ribs (usually at the level of the navel)?

 

 No

0 points

 

 For those of Asian or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent:

 

 Yes

3 points

___

 Men

Women

  

5. Have you ever been found to have high blood glucose (sugar) (for example, in a health examination, during an illness, during pregnancy)?

  

 Less than 90 cm

Less than 80 cm

0 points

 

 No

0 points

 

 90 – 100 cm

80 – 90 cm

4 points

 

 Yes

6 points

___

 More than 100 cm

More than 90 cm

7 points

 
   

 For all others:

   
   

 Men

Women

  
   

 Less than 102 cm

Less than 88 cm

0 points

 
   

 102 – 110 cm

88 – 100 cm

4 points

 
   

 More than 110 cm

More than 100 cm

7 points

___

 

Subtotal

 

Subtotal

 

Your risk of developing Type II diabetes within 5 years *:

Total Risk Score

 

6 - 11: Increased risk

Increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes

12 or more: High risk

May have undiagnosised type 2 diabetes or be at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes

  1. * The overall score may overestimate the risk of diabetes in those aged less than 25 years and underestimate the risk of diabetes in people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.
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