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Table 4 Algorithm used for risk assessment of T2DM

From: Targeted prevention in primary care aimed at lifestyle-related diseases: a study protocol for a non-randomised pilot study

Characteristic

Score

Sex

 Male

1

 Female

0

Age

 40–44 years

0

 45–49 years

1

 50–54 years

2

 55–59 years

3

 60–69 years

4

BMI

 25–30 kg/m2

1

 > 30 kg/m2

2

Known hypertension

 Yes

2

 No

0

Primary recreational activity level during the past year:

 Participating in sports competitions or hard exercise several times a week

0

 Active with sports at least three times a week or regularly perform heavy house or garden work

0

 Strolling, cycling or other light exercise at least 4 h a week (including Sunday walks, light gardening and cycling/walking to work)

1

 Reading, watching television or other sedentary jobs

1

Family history of diabetes (Family includes grandparents, parents, sibling and children):

 

 No family member with diabetes before the age of 70

0

 One family member with diabetes before the age of 70

1

 More than one family member with diabetes before the age of 70

2

Having had diabetes including gestational diabetes

 Yes

2

 No

0

  1. Cut off value: ≥5