Presence Of Thyroid Autoantibodies May Be Detected As Early As Age 10 Months In Children, Study Shows

Healio (7/30, Monostra) reports, “The presence of thyroid autoantibodies may be detected as early as age 10 months for children, and those positive for both thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin autoantibodies have a higher risk for thyroid disease, according to study data.” Investigators “collected data from children with a high genetic risk for type 1 diabetes enrolled in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study,” with participants attending “clinic visits” and having “serum samples collected every 3 months from birth to age 4 years, and then every 6 months from age 4 to 15 years.” The findings were published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.