Table 3 German Diabetes Risk Score by age, gender, education, health literacy and presence of chronic diseases (n = 1255)
Diabetes Risk Level | low | still low | elevated | high to very high | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diabetes Risk Score (points) | < 46 | 46–56 | 57–63 | > 63 | |
5 yrs. Disease Probabilitya | < 2 | 2–5 | 6–10 | > 10 | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Subjects | 996 (79.4) | 176 (14.0) | 53 (4.2) | 30 (2.4) | |
Age (years) | 18–29 | 200 (95.7) | 8 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) |
30–39 | 217 (92.0) | 15 (6.4) | 4 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
40–49 | 278 (84.0) | 38 (11.5) | 10 (3.0) | 5 (1.5) | |
50–60 | 301 (62.8) | 115 (24.0) | 39 (8.1) | 24 (5.0) | |
Gender | Male | 421 (73.1) | 105 (18.2) | 31 (5.4) | 19 (3.3) |
Female | 575 (84.7) | 71 (10.5) | 22 (3.2) | 11 (1.6) | |
Education | Low | 147 (69.3) | 40 (18.9) | 12 (5.7) | 13 (6.1) |
Medium | 479 (77.9) | 97 (15.8) | 25 (4.1) | 14 (2.3) | |
High | 369 (86.4) | 39 (9.1) | 16 (3.8) | 3 (0.7) | |
Health Literacy | Inadequate | 93 (69.9) | 26 (19.5) | 8 (6.1) | 6 (4.5) |
Problematic | 315 (76.1) | 70 (16.9) | 22 (5.3) | 7 (1.7) | |
Sufficient | 588 (83.1) | 80 (11.3) | 23 (3.2) | 17 (2.4) | |
Chronic diseases (n = 1237) | No disease | 684 (85.7) | 82 (10.3) | 21 (2.6) | 11 (1.4) |
≥ 1 disease | 300 (68.3) | 91 (20.7) | 31 (7.1) | 17 (3.9) | |