Zilhao N. R., Zhang J., Boomsma D. I., Sørensen T. I. A., and Dahm C. C., “Deviation from Genetically Predicted BMI and All‐Cause Mortality: A Cohort Study in the UK Biobank,” Obesity 34 (2026): 228–236, 10.1002/oby.70042.
In the Abstract: “…while those with low or medium gBMI showed sharper increases in mortality at higher BMI” was incorrect and should be removed.
In the Study Importance section, “This study demonstrates that deviations from genetically predicted BMI—whether above or below—are associated with increased mortality, independent of observed BMI” should instead read: “This study demonstrates that deviations from genetically predicted BMI, particularly downward deviations, are associated with increased mortality risk.”
In the Discussion section, “We found that higher observed BMI is more strongly linked to mortality in individuals with low or medium gBMI, suggesting lower tolerance to excess weight” should instead read: “We found that deviation between observed and genetically predicted BMI was associated with mortality, with risk increasing mainly for individuals whose observed BMI was lower than their genetic expectation.”
In addition, “In individuals with low or medium gBMI, mortality risk increased sharply with higher observed BMIs, suggesting lower physiological tolerance to excess weight” should instead read: “We had hypothesized that individuals with lower gBMI might show a steeper mortality increase at higher BMI levels, but this pattern was not supported.”
In Legend of Figure 1, the first sentence “Predicted hazard ratio as a function of BMI deviation” should instead read: “Natural splines with four degrees of freedom were used to model the non‐linear associations between observed BMI (left panel) and gBMI (right panel) with all‐cause mortality.”
We apologize for these errors.