Simmons RK, et al. - The effect of population-based screening for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors on mortality rates and cardiovascular events was evaluated in a post hoc analysis. The authors found no association between a population-based stepwise screening programme for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors among all middle-aged adults in Denmark with a reduction in the rate of mortality or cardiovascular events between 2001 and 2012.