Identifying persons at risk for developing type 2 diabetes in a concentrated population of high risk ethnicities in Canada using a risk assessment questionnaire and point-of-care capillary blood HbA1cmeasurement

Table 1 Summary of questionnaire and capillary blood testing outcomes

Questionnaire item	Response	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Sex	Female	418	71
	Male	171	29
Number of high risk parents	None	86	14.6
	One	14	2.4
	Two	489	83
Age categories	<40	190	32.3
	40-44	68	11.5
	45-54	142	24.1
	55-64	131	22.2
	65+	58	9.8
BMI (Kg/m²)	<25	257	43.6
	25-29.9	196	33.3
	30+	136	23.1
Waist circumference^a	Healthy	245	41.6
	Overweight	150	25.5
	Obese	194	32.9
Physical activity participation	3+ Times per week	260	44.1
	1 or 2 Times per week	195	33.1
	Rarely or Never	134	22.8
High blood pressure	No	419	71.1
	Yes	170	28.9
High blood sugar	No	502	85.2
	Yes	87	14.8
Family history of diabetes	None	203	34.5
	2^nd degree relative	122	20.7
	1^st degree relative	264	44.8
Risk classification	Small	178	30.2
	Moderate	195	33.1
	High	97	16.5
	Very High	91	15.4
	Extreme	28	4.8
Descriptive variables	n	Mean	Std. Deviation
Bio-Rad HbA_1c %	670	5.99	0.84
HPLC HbA_1c %	311	5.81	0.97
Questionnaire score	589	9.7	5.4
^*Waist circumference range	Males	Females
Healthy	<94 cm	<80 cm
Overweight	94-102 cm	80-88 cm
Obese	>102 cm	>88 cm

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