Blunted Counterregulatory Hormone Responses to Hypoglycemia in Young Children and Adolescents With Well-Controlled Type 1 Diabetes

Abstract

We thank Graveling et al. (1) for their thoughtful comments regarding our article (2). In their letter, they argue that our conclusion was not supported by the study data because the achieved level of hypoglycemia was not adequate. They point out that the mean nadir plasma glucose level in our subjects was ∼60 mg/dl, whereas plasma glucose concentrations <60 mg/dl are often required to elicit …