Diabetes mellitus risk in post-myocardial infarction patients: FINDRISC versus self-assessment-a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to investigate the difference between perceived and calculated diabetes risks among post-myocardial infarction (AMI) patients using the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC).

Methods

The study population includes individuals from the Myocardial Infarction Registry in Augsburg, Germany, who had not been previously diagnosed with diabetes and who received a postal follow-up questionnaire after hospital discharge. A total of 466 participants completed the questionnaire, which collected information on age, sex, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, physical activity, eating habits, use of antihypertensive medication, previous hyperglycemia, and family history of diabetes. These factors are components of the FINDRISC score, which estima

SUBMITTER: Nolken K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11743004 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature