Ideally, there should be trial evidence of cost-effectiveness of screening programmes before they become public policy [6], as was the case for ultrasonographic screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in men [19]. This is not yet the case for type 2 diabetes. TheAnglo-Danish-Dutch Study of ...
(ICD-9 codes 390-398, 401-404, 410-438, and 440-448 and ICD-10 codes I00-I09, I10-I13, I20-I51, and I60-I78) mortality was from a combination of diseases of the heart; hypertension without heart disease; cerebrovascular diseases; atherosclerosis; aortic aneurysm and dissection; and ...