Diabetes risk scores for Hispanics living in the United States: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Undiagnosed diabetes is more prevalent among racial/ethnic minorities in the United States (U.S.). Despite the proliferation of risk scores, few have been validated in Hispanics populations. The aim of this study is to systematically review published studies that developed risk scores to identify undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus based on self-reported information that were validated for Hispanics in the U.S.

Methods

The search included PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane and CINAHL from inception to 2016 without language restrictions. Risk scores whose main outcome was undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes reporting performance measures for Hispanics were included.

Results

We identified three studies that developed and validated risk scores for undiagnosed diabetes based on questi

SUBMITTER: Juarez LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6557572 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature