Reply to the comment of Ursini et al. "Retrospective analysis of type 2 diabetes. Prevalence in a systemic sclerosis cohort from southern Italy".
Kaohsiung Medical University, College of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, No. 100 Zih-You 1st Road, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Chia-Chun
CC
Tseng
National University of Kaohsiung, Health and Leisure Studies, Department of Kinesiology, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Shun-Jen
SJ
Chang
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, No. 100 Zih-You 1st Road, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Wen-Chan
WC
Tsai
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, No. 100 Zih-You 1st Road, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Tsan-Teng
TT
Ou
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, No. 100 Zih-You 1st Road, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Cheng-Chin
CC
Wu
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, No. 100 Zih-You 1st Road, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; Kaohsiung Medical University, College of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Wan-Yu
WY
Sung
Changhua Christian Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 505 Changhua City, Taiwan; China Medical University, Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, 404 Taichung City, Taiwan.
Ming-Chia
MC
Hsieh
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, No. 100 Zih-You 1st Road, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; Kaohsiung Medical University, College of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; National Sun Yat-sen University, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, 807 Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Electronic address: jehsye@kmu.edu.tw.
Jeng-Hsien
JH
Yen
D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic
Body mass index; Diabetes; Systemic sclerosis