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. 2014 Oct 8;9(10):e111008. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111008

Correction: Correlation between Exposure to Magnetic Fields and Embryonic Development in the First Trimester

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There is an error in Table 1. The values in the TWA, Median and Q3 columns of the Occupation rows should have commas instead of hyphens. Please see the corrected Table 1 below.

Table 1. Characteristics of the study population in relation to parameters of MF exposure (N  =  130).

Characteristic Category N Median (Q1,Q3)
TWA Median Q3
Age ≤20 13 0.68 (0.50,1.25) 0.46 (0.38,0.52) 0.63(0.48,0.72)
20–25 49 0.85 (0.55,1.78) 0.52 (0.32,0.82) 0.82 (0.57,1.67)
25–30 47 1.00 (0.61,1.57) 0.63 (0.43,1.08) 0.97 (0.68,1.88)
>30 21 0.89 (0.65,1.31) 0.52 (0.48,0.77) 0.97 (0.63,1.63)
Education Junior & below 38 1.22 (0.59,2.09)a 0.52 (0.38,0.93) 0.93 (0.57,3.63)
Senior to college 45 0.87 (0.55,1.57) 0.52 (0.38,1.52) 0.77 (0.57,2.03)
College & above 47 0.79 (0.65,1.40) 0.52 (0.38,0.82) 0.82 (0.63,1.52)
Occupation Business serviceb 82 0.85(0.54,1.40) 0.48(0.38,0.93) 0.77(0.57,1.67)
public institutionc 14 1.15(0.79,1.95) 0.75(0.52,1.52) 0.99(0.82,1.88)
unemployment 18 0.82(0.51,1.85) 0.50(0.43,0.72) 0.68(0.57,1.38)
others 16 0.86(0.66,1.60) 0.60(0.52,0.85) 0.91(0.68,2.26)
Disease history d Yes 31 1.00 (0.65,2.09) 0.52 (0.38,1.02) 0.93 (0.48,1.63)
No 99 0.85 (0.56,1.46) 0.52 (0.43,0.97) 0.82 (0.63,1.73)
Passive smoking Yes 80 0.88 (0.58,1.43) 0.55 (0.43,0.95) 0.91 (0.63,1.65)
No 50 0.76 (0.57,1.78) 0.52 (0.38,0.97) 0.77 (0.52,2.13)
Alcohol drinking Yes 50 0.73 (0.54,1.25) 0.52 (0.38,0.82) 0.68 (0.57,1.52)
No 80 0.94 (0.61,1.92) 0.57 (0.41,0.99) 0.93 (0.63,2.23)
Marital status Single 46 0.75 (0.54,1.45) 0.50 (0.38,0.82) 0.75 (0.57,1.67)
Married 84 0.94 (0.59,1.72) 0.55 (0.43,0.97) 0.91 (0.63,1.70)
Vaginal bleeding Yes 24 0.99(0.67,1.86) 0.55(0.41,0.98) 0.93(0.66,2.70)
No 106 0.86 (0.57,1.47) 0.52 (0.38,0.97) 0.82 (0.57,1.63)
First pregnancy Yes 28 1.05 (0.53,1.60) 0.52 (0.38,1.35) 0.88 (0.55,1.81)
No 102 0.87 (0.59,1.46) 0.52 (0.38,0.88) 0.83 (0.63,1.67)
Having a pet Yes 21 0.76 (0.56,1.32) 0.52 (0.43,0.77) 0.72 (0.68,1.23)
No 109 0.89 (0.59,1.58) 0.52 (0.38,0.97) 0.88 (0.57,1.67)
Interior decoration Yes 10 0.76 (0.54,1.25) 0.52 (0.38,0.97) 0.70 (0.48,1.27)
No 120 0.89 (0.59,1.70) 0.52 (0.38,0.95) 0.86 (0.63,1.93)
Total 130 0.88(0.58,1.57) 0.52(0.38,0.97) 0.83(0.57,1.67)

TWA, time-weighted average; MF, magnetic field

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ANOVA, P <0.05; b including receptionist in company, or waitress in restaurant or cashier in supermarket; c workers in government or management department of social affairs ministry; d Diseases include reproductive tract infections, allergies and influenza.

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