Health Professionals Section

Guidelines, documents and useful links

Royal College of Physicians Type 2 Diabetes: national clinical guideline for management in primary and seconday care (update)
PDF document - 3 MB

Criteria for the Diagnosis of Diabetes, Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Impaired Fasting Glucose
PDF document - 99 KB
Appendix A from the New Zealand Guidelines Group publication 'Management of Type 2 Diabetes'

New Zealand Cardiovascular Risk Tables
PDF document - 96 KB
Figure 2 from the 'Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk' Guidelines

Management of Type 2 Diabetes, Consumer Resources
A selection of pamphlets and guides related to the New Zealand Guidelines Group 'Management of Type 2 Diabetes' Guideline

BMI Calculator
Link to National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute website

Metabolic Syndrome Criteria

  • NCEP ATP III Definition
    Link to Circulation journal website
    Table II.6-1 from: Circulation. 2002 Dec 17;106(25):3143-421. 3rd Report of the NCEP Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) final report.
  • IDF Definition
    Link to International Diabetes Federation website
    PDF document - 153 KB

Cardiovascular Risk Calculator
Link to the University of Edinburgh website. Online calculators including Framingham, ASSIGN and BNF.

Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculator (MDRD)
Link to the website of the National Kidney Disease Education Programme branch of the NIH, with online calculators for adults and children, and a downloadable PDA calculator.

New Zealand Guidelines GroupNew Zealand Guidelines Group
Clinical practice guidelines including the publications: