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The FINDRISC questionnaire capacity to predict diabetes mellitus II, arterial hypertension and comorbidity in women from low-and-middle-income countries
Author(s)
Manuel Saldaña
José Manuel Alcaide-Leyva
Rafael Moreno Rojas
Guillermo Molina‐Recio
Date Issued
11 de diciembre de 2019
Type
Article
Volume
41
Issue
2
Start Page
205
End Page
226
Abstract
The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) has been implemented to assess diabetes risk. The authors aimed in this study to determine the prediction capacity of FINDRISC for the early detection of cardiovascular diseases in women. A prevalence study was carried out on 441 women of Pueblo Libre (Peru). Anthropometric variables, blood pressure, blood glucose and comorbidity were measured and entered in FINDRISC. 4.8% of the studied women suffered from DM2, 14.3% from AHT, 33% obesity and 8.6% comorbidity. We found that FINDRISC was the best method to discriminate DM, AHT and comorbidity. FINDRISC is an effective non-invasive tool for women from low-and-middle-income countries.
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