Correction: Mirhafez et al., Br J Nutr. 2015;113(12):1911-9. Cytokine and growth factor profiling in patients with the metabolic syndrome.

This article corrects the following: by Seyed Reza Mirhafez, Alireza Pasdar, Amir Avan, Habibollah Esmaily, Atefeh Moezzi, Mohsen Mohebati, Zahra Meshkat, Hassan Mehrad-Majd, Saied Eslami, Hamid Reza Rahimi, Hamed Ghazali, Gordon A Ferns, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan doi: 10.1017/S0007114515001038.

The authors wish to correct their published paper [Reference Mirhafez, Pasdar and Avan1].

Table 1 has been corrected as follows: the data appear to have been transposed and some data have changed in their positions between columns in the published article, although the interpretation and discussion of the data are not affected. Also, with respect to the age variable in this table, the “.” punctuation mark is missed in the SD. Also, the total number of subjects in the MetS- group was 150, but due to missing serum samples, cytokine assay was performed for 148 people in this group.

Table 1. Characteristics data from all subjects in each group* (Mean values and standard deviations; number of participants and percentages; median values and interquartile ranges (IQR))

MetS, metabolic syndrome; WC, waist circumference; HC, hip circumference; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.

▪ The total number of subject in the MetS- group was 150, but due to missing serum samples, cytokine assay were performed for 148 people in this group.

* Student’s t test and Mann–Whitney U test were used to compare the demographic and clinical characteristics in normally and non-normally distributed variables, respectively.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected.