The FINDRISC scoring system
FINDRISC was developed by Lindström and Tuomilehto in 2003 as a simple, validated self-administered screening questionnaire for type 2 diabetes risk. In the original Finnish validation cohort, a score ≥15 had a sensitivity of 77% and specificity of 81% for identifying undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, and predicted new-onset type 2 diabetes over 10 years with good discrimination. It has since been validated in multiple European populations.
The eight FINDRISC domains are: age, BMI, waist circumference, physical activity, vegetable/fruit intake, blood pressure medication, previous high blood glucose, and family history. Of these, previous high blood glucose (impaired fasting glucose or gestational diabetes) and family history carry the highest point values, reflecting their well-established predictive power.