The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) is associated with insulin resistance and progression towards type 2 diabetes
J Li, M Reimann, A Schutte, A Bergmann, S Bornstein, J Schulze, J Lindström, J Tuomilehto, P Schwarz · Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel · 2008 · Heft 04
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Objective: The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire is a practical screening tool to estimate the risk of type 2 diabetes and the probability of asymptomatic type 2 diabetes. In this study we evaluated the usefulness of the FINDRISC as preventive screening tool by analyzing the FINDRISC and insulin resistance relationship as well as the predictive value of FINDRISC in two different clinical trials. Methods: 771 and 526 individuals from surveys carried out in 1996 and 1997, respectively, were included. All individuals completed the FINDRISC questionnaire and underwent an oral glucose tolerance tes…