Diabetes Risk Profile for an Argeş County Adult Sample – Findrisc Score Characteristics

Abstract

Abstract The prevalence of diabetes has doubled in the last 4 decades in Romania. Our goal was to identify the risk profile in a group of Argeş county patients based on the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) score and main variables analysed. Our study was based on a pilot study on a group of 103 patients. The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score was used to calculate the risk of developing diabetes for our patients. In our group, the FINDRISC score was not statistically significantly correlated with body mass index, but was statistically significantly correlated with hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL-Cholesterol levels, hyperuricemia, hyperglycemia, and hypertension. The older you get, the higher your risk of developing diabetes. The present study demonstrates the importance of lifestyle in terms of the risk of developing diabetes, supporting the need to implement more effective health education measures on a balanced lifestyle and establishing interdisciplinary mechanisms of collaboration between physician, nutritionist and psychologist to promote health.