External validation of QDSCORE® for predicting the 10-year risk of developing Type2 diabetes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 599-607

  Collins, G S ^a   Altman, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; QDSCORE ; Risk prediction; Social deprivation; Type2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79954474987     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03237.x     Document Type: Article

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