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. 2021 Aug 5;9(1):e002177. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002177

Table 1.

Default utility values and costs*

Parameter Year of the event Years 2+ Reference
Default utility values
Baseline and if no events occur 0.862 0.862 Sakamaki et al21
Coronary heart disease –0.064 –0.064 Shiroiwa et al22
Stroke –0.129 –0.129 Takahara et al26
Amputation –0.216 –0.216 Takahara et al26
Retinopathy –0.054 –0.054 Shiroiwa et al22
Overt nephropathy –0.026 –0.026 Takahara et al26
End-stage renal disease –0.065 –0.065 Takahara et al26
Hemodialysis –0.065 –0.065 Takahara et al26
Hypoglycemia—non-severe –0.005 Evans et al24
Hypoglycemia—severe –0.039 Takahara et al26
BMI (each unit over 25 kg/m2) –0.0061 –0.0061 Bagust and Beale25
Default costs (inflated to 2019 values†)
Baseline and if no events occur ¥76 363 ¥76 363 Saito et al18
Coronary heart disease ¥2 232 727 ¥254 618 Onishi et al27
Stroke ¥3 516 727 ¥109 391 Fukuda et al28
Amputation ¥941 617 ¥76 363 Davis et al29/Saito et al18
Retinopathy ¥379 887 ¥76 363 Yanagi et al30/Saito et al18
Overt nephropathy ¥85 214 ¥85 214 Saito et al18
End-stage renal disease ¥104 289 ¥104 289 Saito et al18
Hemodialysis ¥5 954 466 ¥5 954 466 Saito et al18
Severe hypoglycemic event ¥19 661 Mano31

*All utility and cost inputs in the JJCEM are fully editable by the user.

†Costs were inflated using the Japanese medical care consumer price index from 2019 and the corresponding year of the data source.

BMI, body mass index; JJCEM, Japan Diabetes Complications Study/Japanese Elderly Diabetes Intervention Trial risk engine Cost-Effectiveness Model.