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Table 3 Overall FINDRISC scoring and according to gender

From: Using HbA1c measurements and the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score to identify undiagnosed individuals and those at risk of diabetes in primary care

 

Scoring

Points (P)

Overall

(n = 220)

Gender

P

Men

(n = 75)

Women

(n = 145)

Age

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

.982

 18–44 years

(0 P)

56 (25.5)

18 (24.1)

38 (26.2)

 

 45–54 years

(2 P)

56 (25.5)

19 (25.3)

37 (25.5)

 

 55–64 years

(3 P)

55 (25.0)

19 (25.3)

36 (24.8)

 

 65 years and older

(4 P)

53 (24.1)

19 (25.3)

34 (23.5)

 

BMI

    

.838

  < 25 kg/m2

(0 P)

58 (26.4)

21 (28.0)

37 (25.5)

 

 25–30 kg/m2

(1 P)

86 (39.1)

30 (40.0)

56 (38.6)

 

  ≥ 30 kg/m2

(3 P)

76 (34.5)

24 (32.0)

52 (35.9)

 

Waist circumference (2 cm above navel)

     

 Men < 94 cm/Women < 80 cm

(0 P)

63 (28.6)

30 (40.0)

33 (22.8)

 

 Men 94–102 cm/Women 80–88 cm

(3 P)

49 (22.3)

14 (18.7)

35 (24.1)

 

 Men > 102 cm/Women > 88 cm

(4 P)

108 (49.1)

31 (41.3)

77 (53.1)

 

Physically active ≥ 30 min/daily

    

.672

 Yes

(0 P)

203 (92.3)

70 (93.3)

133 (91.7)

 

 No

(2 P)

17 (7.7)

5 (6.7)

12 (8.3)

 

Fruit & vegetables daily

    

.004a

 Every day

(0 P)

140 (63.6)

38 (50.7)

102 (70.3)

 

 Not every day

(1 P)

80 (36.4)

37 (49.3)

43 (29.7)

 

Use of blood pressure medicine

    

.085

 No

(0 P)

165 (75.0)

51 (68.0)

114 (78.6)

 

 Yes

(2 P)

55 (25.0)

24 (32.0)

31 (21.4)

 

History of high blood glucose (including gestation diabetes)

    

.130

 No

(0 P)

192 (87.3)

69 (92.0)

123 (84.8)

 

 Yes

(5 P)

28 (12.7)

6 (8.0)

22 (15.2)

 

Family history of diabetes

    

.743

 Non

(0 P)

138 (62.7)

48 (64.0)

90 (62.1)

 

 First degree relatives

(3 P)

47 (21.4)

17 (22.7)

30 (20.7)

 

 Second degree relatives

(5 P)

35 (15.9)

10 (13.3)

25 (17.3)

 

FINDRISC SCORE

    

.733

 

≤ 8

104 (47.3)

37 (49.4)

67 (46.2)

 
 

9–11

43 (19.5)

16 (21.3)

27 (18.6)

 
 

12–14

39 (17.7)

13 (17.3)

26 (17.9)

 
 

15–20

27 (12.3)

6 (8.0)

21 (14.5)

 
 

21–26

7 (3.2)

3 (4.0)

4 (2.8)

 
  1. aSignificant at the < 0.05 level