The authors have drawn to the attention of the editor in chief of the journal errors in the following paper: Katherine J. Strissel, Dequina A. Nicholas, Myriam Castagne-Charlotin, Naomi Ko and Gerald V. Denis. Barriers to Obtaining Sera and Tissue Specimens of African-American Women for the Advancement of Cancer Research. Clinical Medicine Insights: Women’s Health. 2016;Suppl 1:57–61. doi:10.4137/CMWH.S34698.
Table 1 of the paper contains several errors. The values given for numbers of metabolically healthy obese patients by BMI group were incorrect. The correct values for each category are shown below.
Table 1.
Prevalence of metabolically healthy and abnormal obese AA women.
| SUBJECTS PER GROUP | ||
|---|---|---|
| MHO (N = 17) | MUO (N = 1) | |
| Age group (years) | ||
| <20 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 to 39 | 7 | 0 |
| 40 to 59 | 9 | 1 |
| ≥60 | 0 | 0 |
| BMI group (kg/m2) | ||
| Normal weight, 18.5–24.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Overweight, 25–29.9 | 2 | 0 |
| Class I obesity, 30.0–34.9 | 5 | 1 |
| Class II obesity, 35–39.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Class III obesity, ≥40.0 | 0 | 0 |
Abbreviations: AA, African-American; MHO, metabolically healthy obese; MUO, metabolically unhealthy obese.
The editor in chief thanks the authors for bringing these errors to the attention of the journal.
Footnotes
ACADEMIC EDITOR: Nicole Powell-Dunford, Editor in Chief