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Table 1 Overview of the included prevalent diabetes risk prediction models and their performance for the original model and the intercept adjusted model

From: Independent external validation and comparison of prevalent diabetes risk prediction models in a mixed-ancestry population of South Africa

 

Incident diabetes risk models

Description

Cambridge risk score

Kuwaiti risk score

Omani risk score

Rotterdam predictive model 1

Simplified Finnish risk score

Bellville South

Authors

Griffin et al. [17]

Al Khalaf et al. [18]

Al-Lawati & Tuomilehto [19]

Baan et al. [20]

Bergmann et al. [21]

-

Year published

2000

2008

2007

1999

2007

-

Country

UK

Kuwaiti

Oman

Netherlands

Germany

South Africa

Validation

External [23-28, 35]

None

External [28]

External [23, 27, 29]

External [23, 27, 28]

-

Sample size

1077

460

4881

1016

526

737

Type of study

Cross-sectional

Cross-sectional

Cross-sectional

Cohort

Cohort

Cohort

Age range

40 – 79

20 – >40 (36.2)

20 – 80

55 – 75

41 – 79

15–95

Population

Caucasian

Arab

Arab

Caucasian

Caucasian

Mixed ancestry

Diagnosis of diabetes

FBG ≥ 7.0 mmol/l; 2 h glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/l

FBG ≥ 7.0 mmol/l; Random glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/l

FBG ≥ 7.0 mmol/l; 2 h glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/l

FBG ≥ 7.0 mmol/l; 2 h glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/l

FBG ≥ 7.0 mmol/l; 2 h glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/l

FBG ≥ 7.0 mmol/l; 2 h glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/l

Development C-statistic

0.80 (0.68 – 0.91)

0.82 (NS)

0.83 (0.82 – 0.84)

0.68 (0.64 – 0.72)

0.75 (0.68 – 0.81)

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Predictors

      

Age

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sex–

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

BMI

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Use of HTN drugs

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Family history

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

WC

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Smoking

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Corticosteroids

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Systolic/diastolic

No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Performance

Original

Adjusted

Original

Adjusted

Original

Adjusted

Original

Adjusted

Original

Adjusted

 

E/O (95 % CI)

1.81 (1.09–2.52)

1.22 (0.61–1.83)

0.72 (0.40–1.12)

0.94 (0.47–1.41)

1.28 (0.63–1.93)

1.06 (0.47–1.66)

0.54 (0.50–1.04)

0.98 (0.91–1.05)

0.26 (0.13–0.39)

0.89 (0.51–1.26)

Brier score

0.193

0.160

0.141

0.143

0.164

0.157

0.147

0.140

0.157

0.143

Yates slope

0.379

0.379

0.496

0.496

0.392

0.392

0.971

0.971

0.491

0.491

C-statistic (95 % CI)

0.67 (0.62–0.72)

0.68 (0.63–0.73)

0.66 (0.61–0.70)

0.64 (0.59–0.69)

0.67 (0.62–0.71)

Optimal threshold

0.29

0.16

0.13

0.18

0.12

0.09

0.20

0.18

0.02

0.08

Sensitivity

65

65

61

61

85

85

57

57

75

75

Specificity

61

61

63

63

42

42

65

65

48

48

Correctly classified

62

62

63

63

50

50

64

64

53

53

  1. *95 % CI 95 % confidence interval, BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, E/O ratio expected/observed event rate, FBG fasting blood glucose, HTN hypertension, OGTT 2 h post load oral glucose tolerance test, UK United Kingdom, WC waist circumference