Cho et al reported a screening tool to identify a Korean adult with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus. The authors are from Yonsei University and Wonkwang University in Korea.
Patient selection: Korean adult not diagnosed with diabetes, age >= 20 years
Parameters:
(1) age in years
(2) sex
(3) family history of diabetes mellitus
(4) diagnosis of hypertension
(5) waist to height ratio
(6) smoker
(7) regular medical check-ups
Parameter
Finding
Points
age in years
< 40 years
0
40 to 49 years
3
50 to 59 years
4
>= 60 years
5
sex
female
0
male
1
family history of diabetes
no
0
yes
1
hypertension
no
0
yes
1
WH ratio
< 0.5
0
>= 0.5
3
smoker
no
0
yes
1
check-ups
no
0
yes
1
total score =
= SUM(points for all of the parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 13
• A score > 7 is associated with diabetes.
Performance:
• The area under the ROC curve is 0.76.
• The sensitivity is 0.83 and specificity 0.58.
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