Medical calculators

Diabetes Academy: Resources and Solutions

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sorin Ioacara Sources verified September 6, 2026

Simple, free, ad-free tools, medically reviewed. The calculations run in your browser (the program you use to open web pages), on your own device, and the data you enter is never saved. The results are for information only and do not replace your doctor's assessment. Choose a calculator below.

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They are useful when you want to make sense of a number on a lab report, or to prepare a question for your doctor. Each calculator comes with short explanations of what the result means.

Body mass index (BMI)

Work out your BMI from your weight and height and see your weight category according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Open the BMI calculator

Daily calories

Basal metabolic rate and daily energy needs, from sex, age, weight, height and activity level (the Mifflin-St Jeor equation).

Open the calorie calculator

Cardiovascular risk

The risk of cardiovascular disease over 10 and over 30 years, with the PREVENT equations of the American Heart Association, and with HbA1c if you want the extended equations.

Open the cardiovascular risk calculator

HbA1c and average glucose

Convert HbA1c to estimated average glucose and switch between percent ↔ mmol/mol (the two units used to report HbA1c).

Open the HbA1c calculator

Unit converter

mg/dL ↔ mmol/L for blood glucose, cholesterol (total, HDL and LDL), triglycerides, creatinine and uric acid.

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eGFR Calculator (CKD-EPI 2021)

Estimate glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) from serum creatinine, age and sex, and see your chronic kidney disease stage under the KDIGO classification.

Open the eGFR calculator

FIB-4 Calculator

Work out the FIB-4 index from age, two liver enzymes (AST and ALT) and platelets to check your risk of advanced liver fibrosis.

Open the FIB-4 calculator

The FINDRISC Test

Validated 8-question quiz that gives a rough estimate of your risk of developing type 2 diabetes over the next 10 years.

Open the FINDRISC test

PHQ-9 questionnaire (depression)

Nine questions about the last two weeks, with the severity range the depression score falls into.

Open the PHQ-9 questionnaire

GAD-7 questionnaire (anxiety)

Seven questions about the last two weeks, with the severity range the anxiety score falls into.

Open the GAD-7 questionnaire