The Australian Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool (AUSDRISK) is used to screen an Australian adult for risk of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Patient selection: Australian adult
Outcome: risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus within 5 years
Parameters
(1) age in years
(2) gender
(3) ethnicity
(4) place of birth
(5) diabetes in family members
(6) history of high blood sugar
(7) therapy for high blood pressure
(8) tobacco use daily
(9) vegetable consumption
(10) exercise in hours per week (at least 2.5 hours)
(11) waist measurement in centimeters (at level of umbilicus) based on gender and race (high risk race Asian, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander)
Parameter |
Finding |
Points |
age |
< 35 years |
0 |
|
35 to 44 years |
2 |
|
45 to 54 years |
4 |
|
55 to 64 years |
6 |
|
>= 65 years |
8 |
gender |
female |
0 |
|
male |
3 |
ethnicity |
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Pacific Islander, Maori |
2 |
|
other |
0 |
place of birth |
Asia/India, Middle East, North Africa, Southern Europe |
2 |
|
Australia |
0 |
|
other |
0 |
family members (parent, brother, sister) diagnosed with diabetes (type 1 or 2) |
yes |
2 |
|
no |
0 |
high blood sugar reported |
yes |
6 |
|
no |
0 |
medications for high blood pressure |
yes |
|
|
no |
0 |
tobacco use daily |
yes |
2 |
|
no |
0 |
eat vegetables and/or fruit every day |
yes |
0 |
|
no |
1 |
physical activity at least 2.5 hours per week |
yes |
0 |
|
no |
2 |
waist |
high risk race AND male AND < 90 cm |
0 |
|
high risk race AND male AND 90 to 100 cm |
4 |
|
high risk race AND male AND > 100 cm |
7 |
|
high risk race AND female AND < 80 cm |
0 |
|
high risk race AND female AND 80 to 90 cm |
4 |
|
high risk race AND female AND > 90 cm |
7 |
|
other race AND male AND < 102 cm |
0 |
|
other race AND male AND 102 to 110cm |
4 |
|
other race AND male AND > 110 cm |
7 |
|
other race AND female AND < 88 cm |
0 |
|
other race AND female AND 88 to 100 cm |
4 |
|
other race AND female AND > 100 cm |
7 |
where:
• A person may be hypertensive and not taking blood pressure medications.
total score =
= SUM(points for all 11 parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 38
• The higher the score the greater the risk for type 2 diabetes.
Score |
Risk |
Risk of Diabetes within 5 Years |
<= 5 |
low risk |
1% |
6 to 8 |
intermediate risk |
2% |
9 to 11 |
intermediate risk |
3,3% |
12 to 15 |
high risk |
7% |
16 to 19 |
high risk |
14% |
>= 20 |
high risk |
33% |
Performance:
• The score may overestimate risk in adults less than 25 years of age.
Purpose: To screen an Australian for risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus using the AUSDRISK tool.
Specialty: Endocrinology, Clinical Laboratory
Objective: risk factors, severity, prognosis, stage
ICD-10: E11,