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. 2015 Dec 1;14:121. doi: 10.1186/s12937-015-0112-2

Erratum to: ‘Reduced ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid to arachidonic acid is associated with early onset of acute coronary syndrome’

Shusuke Yagi 1,, Ken-ichi Aihara 2, Daiju Fukuda 1, Akira Takashima 1, Mika Bando 1, Tomoya Hara 1, Sachiko Nishimoto 3, Takayuki Ise 1, Kenya Kusunose 1, Koji Yamaguchi 1, Takeshi Tobiume 1, Takashi Iwase 1, Hirotsugu Yamada 1, Takeshi Soeki 1, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki 1, Michio Shimabukuro 4, Masashi Akaike 5, Masataka Sata 1
PMCID: PMC4666085  PMID: 26626412

After the publication of [1] it came to the authors’ attention that the article’s Table 2, model 2 was missing a bottom row for DHA/AA. The article has now been updated with this row and it is also included here.

Table 2.

Multiple regression analysis for determinants of the age of acute coronary syndrome onset

Variables Coefficient 95 % CI P-value
Model 1
Male sex −0.06 −0.10 to −0.02 <0.01
Body mass index −0.27 −0.50 to −0.05 0.02
Hypertension 0.04 −0.001 to 0.07 0.05
Current smoker −0.04 −0.08 to 0.001 0.06
LDL-C −0.04 −0.12 to 0.04 0.28
Triglycerides −0.08 −0.14 to −0.02 0.01
HDL-C 0.01 −0.13 to 0.16 0.85
HbA1c, % 0.20 −0.03 to 0.44 0.09
EPA/AA 0.07 0.01 to 0.13 0.02
Model 2
Male sex −0.06 −0.10 to −0.02 <0.01
Body mass index −0.24 −0.46 to −0.01 0.04
Hypertension 0.03 −0.001 to 0.07 0.05
Current smoker −0.04 −0.08 to 0.01 0.04
LDL-C −0.04 −0.11 to 0.04 0.31
Triglycerides −0.09 −0.15 to −0.03 <0.01
HDL-C 0.05 −0.10 to 0.19 0.53
HbA1c, % 0.18 −0.05 to 0.41 0.12
DHA/AA 0.15 0.05 to 0.25 <0.01

R2 = 0.37; P < 0.001

Model 1, R 2 = 0.37; P < 0.001

Model 2, R 2 = 0.39; P < 0.001

Abbreviations: AA arachidonic acid, CI confidence interval, DHA docosahexaenoic acid, EPA eicosapentaenoic acid, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Footnotes

The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s12937-015-0102-4.

Reference

  • 1.Yagi S, Aihara K, Fukuda D, Takashima A, Bando M, Hara T, Nishimoto S, Ise T, Kusunose K, Yamaguchi K, Tobiume T, Iwase T, Yamada H, Soeki T, Wakatsuki T, Shimabukuro M, Akaike M, Sata M. Reduced ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid to arachidonic acid is associated with early onset of acute coronary syndrome. Nutrition Journal. 2015;14:111. doi: 10.1186/s12937-015-0102-4. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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