Abstract:Objectives: To predict the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in ten years by applying FINDRISC. Methods: 131 patients were diagnosed pre-diabetes according to the ADA (2010) criteria using fasting plasma glucose, 2h after 75g oral glucose load and/or HbA1c. FINDRISC includes eight parameters: age, abdominal obesity, waist circumference, family history of diabetes, physical activity, history of increased glucose and using of anti-hypertensive medications and eating habit of vegetables fruits or berries. R… Show more
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