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. 2019 Jun 30;28(2):143. doi: 10.7570/jomes.2019.28.2.143

Corrigendum: 2018 Korean Society for the Study of Obesity Guideline for the Management of Obesity in Korea

Mi Hae Seo 1, Won-Young Lee 2, Sung Soo Kim 3, Jae-Heon Kang 4, Jee-Hyun Kang 5, Kyoung Kon Kim 6, Bo-Yeon Kim 7, Yang-Hyun Kim 8, Won-Jun Kim 9, Eun Mi Kim 10, Hyun Soo Kim 11, Yun-A Shin 12, Hye-Jung Shin 13, Kyu Rae Lee 14, Ki Young Lee 15, Sang Yeoup Lee 16, Seong-Kyu Lee 17, Joo Ho Lee 18, Chang Beom Lee 19, Sochung Chung 20, Young Hye Cho 21, Kyung Mook Choi 22, Jung Soon Han 23, Soon Jib Yoo 24; Committee of Clinical Practice Guidelines, Korean Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO)
PMCID: PMC6604844  PMID: 31294348

J Obes Metab Syndr 2019;28:40–45

https://doi.org/10.7570/jomes.2019.28.1.40

We have noticed an error in Table 1 in our published paper above. Without abdominal obesity, obesity class I, II and III carry respective risks of comorbidities that are moderate, severe, and very severe. The authors sincerely apologize for this error and the revised table is shown below.

Table 1.

Risk of comorbidity according to obesity and abdominal obesity12

Classification Body mass index (kg/m2) Risk of comorbidity according to abdominal obesity
<90 cm (men), <85 cm (women) ≥90 cm (men), ≥85 cm (women)
Underweight <18.5 Low Average
Normal 18.5–22.9 Average Increased
Pre-obese 23–24.9 Increased Moderate
Obese class I 25–29.9 Moderate Severe
Obese class II 30–34.9 Severe Very severe
Obese class III ≥35 Very severe Very severe
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Pre-obese may be defined as overweight or at-risk weight, and obese class III may be defined as extreme obesity.

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