The UKPDS risk engine utilises data collected from over 5,000 patients enrolled in the 30 year UKPDS – the largest and longest study of its kind, which has provided a unique opportunity to develop a type 2 diabetes-specific risk calculator.Ībility to estimate risk in people with pre-existing diabetes, as well as those newly-diagnosed For example, risk calculators based on equations from the Framingham Heart Study tend to underestimate disease risks of people with diabetes, as the study population included relatively few diabetic subjects. The UKPDS risk engine is specific for people with type 2 diabetes, for whom general population risk calculators are inaccurate.
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