Am I at Risk for Developing Diabetes?
Patient Tool
How do you know if you’re at risk for diabetes?
Check out the Canadian Diabetes Risk Questionnaire (CANRISK):
Click here to view a printable and downloadable version of CANRISK
Click here to view an interactive online version of CANRISK
You should see your doctor to check if you have diabetes if you:
Determined yourself to be at high risk or very high risk using a risk calculator such as the CANRISK Questionnaire
Are over 40 years old
Have risk factors for diabetes (see below)
My risk of developing type 2 diabetes is increased by the risk factors listed below. The more risk factors I have, the greater my risk of type 2 diabetes.
- I am 40 years old or older
- Diabetes runs in my immediate family (Dad, Mom, Brother, Sister and/or children)
- Either or both of my parents are African, Arab, Asian, Hispanic, Indigenous, or South Asian
- I have been told I have prediabetes
- I am a woman who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy
- I am a woman and at least one of my babies weighed 9lbs or more
- I have heart disease (history of heart attacks, strokes, TIA (mini-strokes))
- I have kidney, nerve or certain eye conditions that are associated with diabetes
- I am overweight
- I carry my excess weight around my belly
- I have high blood pressure
- My good cholesterol (HDL) blood level is low
- I have high triglycerides
- I smoke
- I have any of the following:
- History of pancreatitis
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Acanthosis nigricans
- Hyperuricemia/gout
- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Depression
- Bipolar disorder
- Schizophrenia
- HIV infection
- Cystic Fibrosis
- I take certain medications including:
- Anti-inflammatory steroids
- Antipsychotic medications
- Medication for lowering cholesterol (statins)
- Highly active antiretroviral therapy
- Anti-rejection drugs
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