Health Tools - Prediabetes Risk Test

1. How old are you?

Younger than 40 years (0 points)

40–49 years (1 point)

50–59 years (2 points)

60 years or older (3 points)

2. Are you a man or a woman?

Man (1 point)

Woman (0 points)

3. If you are a woman, have you ever been diagnosed with gestational diabetes?

Yes (1 point)

No (0 points)

4. Do you have a mother, father, sister, or brother with diabetes?

Yes (1 point)

No (0 points)

5. Have you ever been diagnosed with hight blood pressure

Yes (1 point)

No (0 points)

6. Are you physically active?

Yes (0 point)

No (1 points)

7. What is your weight category?

If you scored 5 or higher

You are at increased risk for having prediabetes and are at high risk for type 2 diabetes. However, only your doctor can tell for sure if you have type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, a condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. Talk to your doctor to see if additional testing is needed.

If you are African American, Hispanic/Latino American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, or Pacific Islander, you are at higher isk for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Also, if you are Asian American, you are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes at a lower weight (about 15 pounds lower than weights in the 1 Point column). Talk to your doctor to see if you should have your blood sugar tested.