A new diabetes screening test poses just six questions to determine whether a doctor’s visit is in order.
The test, published in the current edition of Annals of Internal Medicine, was devised by doctors at Cornell Medical College as a quick and convenient screening that could boost diabetes awareness, according to U.S. News & World Report.
It asks about the screening subject’s age, gender, health history and lifestyle, including whether the subject is overweight, has high blood pressure or exercises regularly. Points are assigned for each answer, with the total score signaling one’s diabetes risk level and whether a trip to the doctor for a glucose blood test is advised.
The questions reflect researchers’ analysis of more than 5,000 study participants, who indicated that diabetes sufferers tended to be older and more sedentary, likelier to have high blood pressure and a family history of diabetes as well as higher body mass indexes and cholesterol.
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