Validity of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score for Detecting Undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes among General Medical Outpatients in Botswana
Table 1
General characteristics of the participants ().
Participants
Total
Male
Female
value
Age (years ± SD)
50.1 (11)
50.5 (11.8)
49.9 (11.0)
0.68
Body mass index (kg/m2 ± SD)
28.0 (6.5)
24.6 (5.5)
29.2 (6.5)
<0.001
Waist circumference (%)
72.7
34.7
85.7
<0.01
BP systolic (mmHg ± SD)
128.6 (19.3)
130 (21.1)
128 (18.6)
0.51
BP diastolic (mmHg ± SD)
78.5 (12.1)
78.6 (11.8)
78.4 (12.1)
0.9
Total FINDRISC (points ± SD)
13.2 (5.9)
10.1 (5.2)
14.3 (5.8)
<0.001
HbA1c (% ± SD)
5.9 (0.76)
6.0 (0.6)
5.9 (0.8)
0.63
All figures are in means except waist circumference which is proportion (females > 80 cm and males > 94 cm). SD = standard deviation. BP = blood pressure.
