Correction: Genetic associations between serum low LDL-cholesterol levels and variants in LDLR, APOB, PCSK9 and LDLRAP1 in African populations

There is an error in Table 1. The P value for BMI is incorrect. The P value for BMI should be <1x10^-4.

Table 1. Phenotype characterisation of 1000 AWI-Gen participants and 4116 AADM participants.

	AWI-Gen			Replication cohort: AADM
Phenotype	High LDL-cholesterol (n = 500)	Low LDL-cholesterol (n = 500)	P value	(n = 4116)
Sex (%F)	49.40%	60.80%	3x10-4	59.8%
Age (years) median (IQR)	51(45.00–56.00)	50(45.00–55.00)	0.19	51.00(42.00–60.00)
BMI (kg/m2) median (IQR)	25.94(18.22–29.51)	20.73(19.04–23.27)	<1x10-4	25.90(22.55–29.71)
Fasting serum glucose (mmol/L) median (IQR)	5.08(4.96–5.53)	4.60(4.19–5.05)	<1x10-4	7.31(4.61–8.56)
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) median (IQR)	4.21(3.93–4.61)	0.90(0.71–1.01)	NA	3.23(2.53–4.09)

IQR = Interquartile range