Is RISC Test Effective For Assessing Heart Condition When Suffering From Diabetes?

Brief Answer:
Do not think it would be beneficial for long-term

Detailed Answer:
Hello sir and welcome.

Thank you for writing to us.

I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help.

The Relationship between Insulin Sensitivity and Cardiovascular disease (RISC) study concentrates on observing insulin resistance and its fluctuations through the life of a healthy individual (not one with diabetes) to help predict when and how exactly we can predict cardiovascular disease in these individuals.

In my opinion, this study is more of a long-term study to help find the risk of cardiovascular diseases in healthy individuals, whether or not they develop to have diabetes in the future or not is not a pre-requisite to participate in this study.

So if at all the RISC test conducted in your region can help provide results immediately (I am unsure about this), then it can be helpful, but otherwise I do not think it would really help to be part of a study which may have not been recognised globally yet.

Let me list all the aspects measured and assessed during the study for your better understanding:
-Insulin sensitivity
-Lipid profile (which helps assess cardiac and vascular health)
-Physical examinations which include EKG, height, weight, body fat, blood pressure, etc.
-Ultrasounds of the carotid artery to check on thickness, and changes over time
-Ankle:arm pressure
-Different glucose tests
-Various questionnaires, etc.

So you see, all these long term investigations (whose results will be compared over time as these results change over time) are all directed towards looking for cardiac ailments. Of course, these tests conducted once will provide positive or negative indication of the presence of cardiac ailments. But to find the RISC aim, it has to be a long-term study.

I hope I have explained things in a manner best understood by you sir. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help you.

Best wishes.

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