Prevalence of increased risk of type 2 diabetes in general practice: a cross-sectional study in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a global public health problem, but the onset can be delayed or prevented with adequate intervention in individuals with increased risk. Therefore, a major challenge in general practice is to identify individuals at risk of diabetes. However, limited knowledge is available about the prevalence of high diabetes risk individuals in a primary care population. In a cohort of consecutive patients in general practice we examined the prevalence of known diabetes and estimated risk of diabetes using The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) calculator, by sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods

This study was a cross-sectional study conducted in four general practices in Western and Eastern Norway. A total of 1682 individuals, 20-8

SUBMITTER: Riise HKR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10357693 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature