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Development and Validation of a New Diabetes Risk Score in Guyana.

Julia LoweCalvin KeKavita SinghReeta GobinGerald LebovicBrian Ostrow
Published in: Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders (2020)
An 8-item Guyana Diabetes Risk Score (GDRS) was derived. The final model performed with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.812 CONCLUSIONS: The validated eight-item Guyana Diabetes Risk Score will be extremely useful in identifying individuals at high risk of having diabetes in Caribbean, Black or East Indian populations.
Keyphrases
  • type diabetes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • glycemic control
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle