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Glucose on Unselected Admissions and Risk of Diabetes (GUARD): Type 2 diabetes risk calculator.
This tool was developed by members of the Scottish Diabetes Research Network.
Please note that this tool was developed and validated within Scotland, a country with a relatively small non-white population. It has not been validated in a non-white population within Scotland, or in white populations outside Scotland.
Step one: choose your unit
Please choose the unit you would like to use in your calculation:
Step two: input values
Enter your inputs, then press the "Calculate" button.
mmol/L
Step three: calculation result
3-year risk (95% confidence interval), %
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For those working in a UK setting, a risk of 5% in this calculator broadly corresponds to the "high-risk" category assigned on the basis of the risk assessment tools endorsed in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on the risk assessment and identification of patients with type 2 diabetes.
Visit the NICE website for guidance (PH38)
An A4-sized (210 x 297mm, or 8.267 x 11.692 inches) colour-coded wall-chart presenting risks for men and women for selected ages and glucose levels can be downloaded from this website using the link below.
Document
Acute illness hyperglycaemia risk wall chart (PDF document) (459.3 KB / PDF)
David A. McAllister, Katherine A. Hughes, Nazir Lone, Nicholas L. Mills, Naveed Sattar, John McKnight, Sarah H. Wild (2014). Stress Hyperglycaemia in Hospitalised Patients and Their 3-Year Risk of Diabetes: A Scottish Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med 11(8): e1001708. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001708
This work was funded by The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government (Grant number CZH-4-836).
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