Table 3.

 Overview of tests used in studies included in analysis

Trial name or location, and year of trial start	Blood pressure	Cholesterol	Height and weight	Risk score	ECG	Biochemistry panel	History	Spirometry	Urine analyses	Diabetes	Clinical examination	Vision and/or hearing	Cancer screening
Göteborg, Sweden 196319	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Current symptoms, personal and family history	No	Yes	Fasting blood sugar	Yes	Yes	Chest x ray
Kaiser Permanente, USA 196526	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Current symptoms, personal and family history	Yes	Yes	Oral glucose tolerance test	Yes	Yes	Chest x ray, mammography, pelvic exam, sigmoidoscopy
South east London, UK 196714	Yes	Probably*	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Current symptoms, personal history	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Chest x ray, faecal occult blood
Northumberland, UK 196915	Unclear†	Unclear†	Unclear†	Unclear†	Unclear†	Unclear†	Current symptoms	Unclear†	Unclear†	Unclear†	Unclear†	Unclear†	Unclear†
Malmö, Sweden 196920	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Packed cell volume, triglycerides, cholesterol	Interview and questionnaire, not specified	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Chest x ray
Stockholm, Sweden 196921	Yes	Probably*	No	No	Yes	Yes	Current symptoms, personal history	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Göteborg, Sweden 197022	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Family history	No	No	No	No	No	No
WHO, Europe 197127	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Current symptoms	No	No	No	No	No	No
Salt Lake City, USA 197223	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Blood glucose	No	Yes	Chest x ray, mammography, cervical smear
Mankato, USA 198224	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
OXCHECK, UK 198916	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Personal and family history	No	No	No	No	No	No
Family heart, UK 199017	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dundee	No	No	Personal and family history	No	No	Random capillary glucose	No	No	No
Ebeltoft, Denmark 199218	Yes	Yes	Yes	Anggaard	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Non-fasting blood glucose	No	Yes	No
Inter99, Denmark 199925	Yes	Yes	Yes	PRECARD	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Oral glucose tolerance test	No	No	No

Not all screening tests used are shown; see the corresponding Cochrane review for full details.

ECG=electrocardiography.

*The contents of the biochemical screening used were not specified. It seems likely that cholesterol was included.

†The intervention was described as a routine health examination, a full examination, and screening programme in general practice, but not in detail.