Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences (Mar 2024)

Benefit of Finnish Score As a Risk Assessment Tool for Predicting Type II DM Among Sudanese Population in North Sudan

  • Sufian Khalid Mohammed Noor,
  • Amro Mohamed Fagir Farah,
  • Nusiba Abdalla Alameen Karar,
  • Sara Osman Elamin Bushara,
  • Sirelkhatim Ismaeil Sirri Farah,
  • Mohammed Salah Eldin Hashim Mohammed Osman,
  • Mahmoud Mustafa Abdelrahim Osman,
  • Ali Omer Ibrahim Ali,
  • Omnaya Adil Ahmed Hassan Kaba,
  • Safaa Badi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18502/5sjms.v19i1.15766
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 54 – 61

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Abstract Background: Diabetes mellitus is a major noncommunicable disease worldwide, and its prevalence is rapidly increasing. The Finish score helps in the prediction of the risk of future diabetes development, as well as in the identification of undiagnosed diabetes. The current study was conducted to identify people at risk of developing type II diabetes mellitus in River Nile State, Sudan. Methods: This cross-sectional community-based study was conducted in River Nile state between 2019 October and 2020 March. Data were collected using a questionnaire that included the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score variables from 400 participants after an informed consent. Chi-square test was used to test the associations, with the P-value considered significant when 30 kg/m2. Waist circumference of < 94 cm was found in 147 (36.8%) males, while only 63 females (15.8%) had a waist circumference < 80 cm. Age, gender, BMI, daily activity, history of hypertension, history of hyperglycemia, and family history of diabetes were all significantly associated with the risk of developing diabetes mellitus (P < 0.001). Conclusion: The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score was found to be useful in facilitating wider access to the risk of type II diabetes among the study population. More than half of the study population were at risk of developing diabetes mellitus.

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