Effectiveness of the CANRISK tool in the identification of dysglycemia in a Canadian South Asian Population.

CONCLUSION: The existing CANRISK is an adequate risk assessment tool for dysglycemia in Canadian South Asians for those age 40 years and over; however, the tool does not work as well for individuals under 40. The lower cut-off of 21 points may be warranted for younger individuals to minimize false negatives. Ethno-specific BMI/WC cutoff points did not improve predictive ability of the CANRISK scoring algorithm as measured by AUC. PMID: 30129716 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can Source Type: research