Cleveland Clinic Develops Calculator To Estimate 10-Year Risk Of Diabetes Complications

To help consumers with type 2 diabetes and obesity and their physicians better predict the health benefits of usual care versus surgical treatment, Ali Aminian, M.D., a bariatric surgeon at Cleveland Clinic, and his research team developed a risk score calculator that provides personalized evidence-based information, based on the individual’s current health status. The risk calculator can provide consumers with their likelihood of developing major health complications over the next 10 years depending on which course of treatment they choose to receive. The calculator—10-Year Individualized Diabetes Complications Risk Scores—was developed in two phases over . . .