Corrigendum to “Metabolic syndrome and left ventricular hypertrophy in the prediction of cardiovascular events: The Strong Heart Study” [Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 19 (2009) 98–104]

de Simone, G.; Devereux, R.B.; Chinali, M.; Roman, M.J.; Lee, E.T.; Resnick, H.E.; Howard, B.V.

doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2009.03.009

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Corrigendum to “Metabolic syndrome and left ventricular hypertrophy in the prediction of cardiovascular events: The Strong Heart Study” [Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 19 (2009) 98–104]

published online 08 June 2009.

Article Outline

Unfortunately, when this article was originally published Table 1 had two errors in the row “LV mass index”. The correct table is printed correctly below.

Table 1. General characteristics of the population sample by LV hypertrophy and metabolic syndrome (2-factor ANOVA).

	No Metabolic Syndrome		Metabolic Syndrome
	No LVH	LVH	No LVH	LVH
	(n=962)	(n=148)	(n=1242)	(n=406)
Age (years)^a	58.8±7.8	62.2±8.7	59.5±7.6	61.0±8.3
Systolic BP (mmHg)^a, ^b	121.7±17.0	131.7±17.0	130.4±18.5	138.7±21.1
Diastolic BP (mmHg)^b	72.9±9.5	74.2±9.0	76.0±10.2	76.5±9.5
Heart rate (bpm)^a, ^b	71.2±11.0	69.7±10.9	74.3±11.0	73.1±12.2
BMI (kg/m²)^a, ^b	28.3±5.2	32.4±5.6	32.4±6.1	35.2±6.6
LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)^a	122.5±32.7	113.5±31.5	117.5±32.9	115.3±31.1
HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)^b	46.8±13.9	46.0±1230	38.0±11.9	38.9±10.6
Plasma Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.87±0.22	0.86±0.22	0.89±0.26	0.91±0.30
LV mass index (g/m^2.7)^a, ^b	35.8±6.0	53.9±7.0	37.9±5.7	54.9±7.6
Relative wall thickness^a, ^b	0.34±0.04	0.35±0.05	0.34±0.04	0.36±0.06

aEffect of LV hypertrophy (0.02>p<0.0001).

bEffect of metabolic syndrome (0.02>p<0.0001).

PII: S0939-4753(09)00071-4

doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2009.03.009

Refers to article:

Metabolic syndrome and left ventricular hypertrophy in the prediction of cardiovascular events: The Strong Heart Study , 01 August 2008
G. de Simone, R.B. Devereux, M. Chinali, M.J. Roman, E.T. Lee, H.E. Resnick, B.V. Howard
Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases February 2009 (Vol. 19, Issue 2, Pages 98-104)