FINDRISC (Finnish Diabetes Risk Score)
FINDRISC score estimating 10-year type-2-diabetes risk from age, BMI, waist circumference, activity, diet, blood-pressure treatment, glucose history, and family history.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Age
- 60 years
- BMI
- 32 kg/m²
- Sex
- Female (waist bands 80 / 88 cm)
- Waist circumference
- 90 cm
Result: FINDRISC 13 — moderate risk; 10-year type-2-diabetes risk ≈ 17%.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Bands
- < 7 low ≈ 1%, 7–11 slightly elevated ≈ 4%, 12–14 moderate ≈ 17%, 15–20 high ≈ 33%, > 20 very high ≈ 50% 10-year type-2-diabetes risk.
What you enter
- Age
- BMI
- Sex (sets the waist bands: 94/102 cm men, 80/88 women; omit for the range)
- Waist circumference
- Physically active ≥ 30 min/day
- Eats vegetables/fruit daily
- On antihypertensive medication
- History of high blood glucose
- Family history of diabetes
How this is calculated
- Points
- age, BMI, sex-specific waist, physical inactivity (+2), no daily fruit/veg (+1), antihypertensives (+2), prior high glucose (+5), family history (+3/+5). Total 0–26.
Lindström J, Tuomilehto J. The diabetes risk score: a practical tool to predict type 2 diabetes risk. Diabetes Care. 2003;26(3):725-731. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.