ArticleDiabetology & metabolic syndrome2020
Diagnostic accuracy of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score for the prediction of undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and metabolic syndrome in the Lebanese University.
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- Prevalence of prediabetes and associated risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- A dual domain systematic review and meta-analysis of risk tool accuracy to predict cardiovascular morbidity in prehypertension and diabetic morbidity in prediabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Using HbA1c measurements and the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score to identify undiagnosed individuals and those at risk of diabetes in primary care.BMC public health · 2023Trial
- Comparative performance of FINDRISC and IDRS in screening for type 2 diabetes risk among Yemeni university students.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2026Article
- Assessing the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among University Employees in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Night eating behavior, sleep quality, body composition, and type 2 diabetes risk among Saudi Arabian females: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Capillary Blood Glucose and Chinese Diabetes Risk Score in Screening for Diabetes and Prediabetes Among Elderly Chinese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
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- Prediction of Diabetes and Prediabetes among the Saudi Population Using a Non-Invasive Tool (AUSDRISK).Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Finnish diabetes risk score outperformed triglyceride-glucose index in diabetes risk prediction.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2023Article
- Large scale application of the Finnish diabetes risk score in Latin American and Caribbean populations: a descriptive study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundRisk scores were mainly proved to predict undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (UT2DM) in a non-invasive manner and to guide earlier clinical treatment. The objective of the present study was to assess the performance of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) for detecting three outcomes: UT2DM, prediabetes, and the metabolic syndrome (MS).
methodsThis was a prospective, cross-sectional study during which employees aged between 30 and 64, with no known diabetes and working within the faculties of the Lebanese University (LU) were conveniently recruited. Participants completed the FINDRISC questionnaire and their glucose levels were examined using both fasting blood glucose (FBG) and oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT). Furthermore, they underwent lipid profile tests with anthropometry.
resultsOf 713 subjects, 397 subjects (55.2% female; 44.8% male) completed the blood tests and thus were considered as the sample population. 7.6% had UT2DM, 22.9% prediabetes and 35.8% had MS, where men had higher prevalence than women for these 3 outcomes (
conclusionThe FINDRISC can be considered a simple, quick, inexpensive, and non-invasive instrument to use in a Lebanese community of working people who are unaware of their health status and who usually report being extremely busy because of their daily hectic work for the screening of UT2DM and MS. However, it poorly screens for prediabetes in this context.
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