Identifying persons at risk for developing type 2 diabetes in a concentrated population of high risk ethnicities in Canada using a risk assessment questionnaire and point-of-care capillary blood HbA1c measurement.

Chip P. Rowan,Lisa A. Miadovnik,Michael C. Riddell,Michael Rotondi,Norman Gledhill,Veronica K. Jamnik

Identifying persons at risk for developing type 2 diabetes in a concentrated population of high risk ethnicities in Canada using a risk assessment questionnaire and point-of-care capillary blood HbA1c measurement.

2014

Chip P. Rowan
Lisa A. Miadovnik
Michael C. Riddell
Michael Rotondi
Norman Gledhill
Veronica K. Jamnik

Background Amidst the growing health care burden created by diabetes, this study aimed to assess the utility of a prediabetes/type 2 diabetes risk questionnaire in high risk ethnic communities in Toronto Canada.

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Environmental health
Gerontology
Health care
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Medicine
Population
Public health
Prediabetes
Risk assessment
Type 2 diabetes
Body mass index
Diabetes mellitus
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