QDiabetes

Indications

• computer-based calculator for estimating 10-year risk of type 2 diabetes

Procedure

• age, ethnicity, material deprivation, body-mass index, smoking, family history of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, treated hypertension, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, learning disabilities, gestational diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome
• glucocorticoid use, atypical antipsychotic use, statin use,
• fasting blood glucose level (or serum glucose) or HgbA1c

Notes

• used across the U.K. National Health Service

More general terms

• risk calculator

Additional terms

• diabetes mellitus type 2 (insulin-resistant)
• risk factors for diabetes mellitus type 2 & risk factor reduction