The role of ethnicity in predicting diabetes risk at the population level

Laura C. Rosella; Cameron Mustard; Thérèse A. Stukel; Paul Corey; Jan Hux; Leslíe L. Roos; Douglas G. Manuel

doi:10.1080/13557858.2012.654765

Abstract

Although from the individual risk perspective, incorporating information on ethnicity is important, when predicting new cases of diabetes at the population level and accounting for other risk factors, detailed ethnic information did not improve the discrimination and accuracy of the model or identify significantly more diabetes cases in the population.

Keywords

Ethnic groupConcordancePopulationMedicineDiabetes mellitusDemographyRisk assessmentGerontologyEnvironmental healthInternal medicineComputer scienceEndocrinology

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AlgorithmsChi-Square DistributionCohort StudiesDiabetes MellitusEthnicityFemaleHealth PromotionHealth SurveysHumansMaleModelsStatisticalOntarioPublic HealthRisk AssessmentSelf Report

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 17
Issue: 4
Pages: 419-437
Citations: 39
Access: Closed

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                                    Laura C. Rosella, 
                                
                                    Cameron Mustard, 
                                
                                    Thérèse A. Stukel
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            The role of ethnicity in predicting diabetes risk at the population level. 
                            Ethnicity and Health
                            , 17
                            (4)
                            , 419-437.
                            https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2012.654765
                        

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DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.654765
PMID: 22292745
PMCID: PMC3457038

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