Elliott 1996.
Methods | Randomised population trial with concurrent eligible patients outside of the RCT. The non‐RCT patients were not in the RCT because they refused. School children 5 to 7.9 years old. Losses to follow up were not reported. | |
Data | Characteristics of the 13463 eligible non‐RCT children were not presented and not compared to the 48335 RCT children who recieved similar treatment. | |
Comparisons | Two RCT arms, the control arm children were compared with non‐randomised children who did not receive any intervention either. The RCT experimental children were offered testing for diabetes | |
Outcomes | All cases of childhood diabetes were reported to the Department of Paediatrics and records were collected from them. Children were followed up for mean 7.1 years. Main outcome was getting the diagnosis of diabetes. | |
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