ADA / Bang Diabetes Risk Test
ADA diabetes risk test: age, BMI, male sex, gestational-diabetes history, first-degree relative, hypertension, and physical inactivity give a score where ≥ 5 flags a patient to screen for diabetes/prediabetes.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Age
- 55 years
- BMI
- 32 kg/m²
- Male sex
- Yes
- History of gestational diabetes
- No
- First-degree relative with diabetes
- No
- Hypertension
- Yes
- Physically inactive
- No
Result: ADA diabetes-risk score 6 — high risk (>= 5): screen for diabetes/prediabetes.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- < 5
- Lower risk of undiagnosed diabetes/prediabetes.
- >= 5
- High risk: screen for diabetes/prediabetes. Age band, male, prior GDM, family history, hypertension, inactivity, BMI band. A screening score, not a diagnostic test.
What you enter
- Age
- BMI
- Male sex
- History of gestational diabetes
- First-degree relative with diabetes
- Hypertension
- Physically inactive
How this is calculated
Bang H, Edwards AM, Bomback AS, et al. Development and validation of a patient self-assessment score for diabetes risk. Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(11):775-783. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.