Table 2

Diabetes Population Risk Tool functions for predicting 9-year risk of physician-diagnosed diabetes for men

Risk factorValue
Intercept10.5971
Hypertension
 No0.00
 Yes–0.2624
Non-white ethnicity
 No0.00
 Yes–0.6316
Heart disease
 No0.00
 Yes–0.5355
Current smoker
 No0.00
 Yes–0.1765
Education
 < Post-secondary0.00
 Post-secondary or higher0.2344
BMI/age category
 BMI <23/age <450.00
 BMI 23–24/age <45–1.2378
 BMI 25–29/age <45–1.5490
 BMI 30–34/age <45–2.5437
 BMI ≥35/age <45–3.4717
 BMI <23/age ≥45–1.9794
 BMI 23–24/age ≥45–2.4426
 BMI 25–29/age ≥45–2.8488
 BMI 30–34/age ≥45–3.3179
 BMI ≥35/age ≥45–3.5857
Scale0.8049
  • BMI, body mass index (m/kg2).