Performance of a predictive model to identify undiagnosed diabetes in a health care setting

OBJECTIVE: To develop a predictive model to identify individuals with an increased risk for undiagnosed diabetes, allowing for the availability of information within the health care system. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A sample of participants from the Rotterdam Study (n = 1,016), aged 55-75 years, not known to have diabetes completed a questionnaire on diabetes-related symptoms and risk factors and underwent a glucose tolerance test. Predictive models were developed using stepwise logistic regression analyses with the absence or presence of newly diagnosed diabetes as the dependent variable a... Mehr ...