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. 2020 Mar 3;9(3):279. doi: 10.3390/foods9030279

Correction: Marhuenda, J., et al. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial to Determine the Effectiveness a Polyphenolic Extract (Hibiscus sabdariffa and Lippia citriodora) in the Reduction of Body Fat Mass in Healthy Subjects. Foods 2020, 9(1), 55

Javier Marhuenda 1,*, Silvia Perez-Piñero 1, Desirée Victoria-Montesinos 1, María Salud Abellán-Ruiz 1, Nuria Caturla 2, Jonathan Jones 2, Javier López-Román 1
PMCID: PMC7143443  PMID: 32138285

The authors wish to make the following correction to this paper [1]:

There are text errors in Section 4.3.2 Densitometry, third paragraph. The second sentence states that “...LC-HS extract was statistically less (p > 0.001) compared...”. It should instead read “...LC-HS extract was statistically less (p < 0.001) compared... ”. Furthermore, the last sentence of the same paragraph reads “Interestingly, the differences observed in the reduction of fat mass showed the effectiveness of the HS-LC extract in reducing fat mass”. It should instead read “Interestingly, the differences observed in the reduction of fat mass showed the effectiveness of the LC-HS extract in reducing fat mass”. In this respect, there are several parts of the manuscript which reads HS-LC, it should be read as LC-HS instead. This includes: page 2, paragraph 2; Figure 1; page 4, last paragraph.

There is also a missing explanation in the same section, regarding the intergroup analysis of the results. At the end of the third paragraph, it should include the following sentence: “Intergroup analysis revealed significant differences between both groups, where LC-HS significantly decreased body fat mass compared to placebo (p < 0.003)”.

In Section 4.2 Weight and BMI, the sentence “Therefore, it can be determined that the LC-HS extract significantly decreased the body weight of the subjects (p = 0.014)”, should read “Inter-group analysis revealed that the LC-HS extract significantly decreased the body weight compared to placebo (p = 0.014)”. In the same section, sentence “Therefore, the diminution of BMI after the consumption of the placebo was shown to be less than that observed for the LC-HS extract (p = 0.013)”, should read “Therefore, intergroup analysis revealed that the BMI of the LC-HS group significantly decreased with respect to the placebo group (p = 0.013)”.

Information is missing from Figure 2. The original figure is as follows:

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Weight and BMI evolution along the study. * Mean statistically significant differences. ** Mean statistically significant differences between groups.

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Weight and BMI evolution along the study. * Means statistically significant differences.

It should be as follows:

Information is missing on Figure 4. The original figure is as follows:

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Body composition evolution along the study, measured by densitometry. * Means statistically significant differences. ** Mean statistically significant differences between groups.

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Body composition evolution along the study, measured by densitometry. * Means statistically significant differences.

It should be as follows instead:

These changes have no material impact on the conclusions of our paper.

The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused to the readers by these changes.

Reference

  • 1.Marhuenda J., Perez S., Victoria-Montesinos D., Abellán M.S., Caturla N., Jones J., López-Román J. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial to Determine the Effectiveness a Polyphenolic Extract (Hibiscus sabdariffa and Lippia citriodora) in the Reduction of Body Fat Mass in Healthy Subjects. Foods. 2020;9:55. doi: 10.3390/foods9010055. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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