Thyroid Autoimmunity at Onset of Type 1 Diabetes as a Predictor of Thyroid Dysfunction
Response to Warren and Frier
- Gemma Carreras-González, MD1 and
- Antonio Pérez, MD2
- 1Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- 2Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Address correspondence to Gemma Carreras-González, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Sant Pau, Sant Antoni Ma Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: gcarreras{at}santpau.es
We appreciate Warren and Frier’s (1) interest in our article (2). Unfortunately, we cannot calculate the predictive value of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level at diabetes onset in our cohort because this determination is not available for all patients. The fact that the high-normal TSH level was more predictive of thyroid …
