Journal of Diabetes Research
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 8708047, 2 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8708047

Corrigendum

Corrigendum to “Diabetes Remission after Nonsurgical Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes”

Adham Mottalib, Mahmoud Sakr, Mohamed Shehabeldin, and Osama Hamdy

Joslin Diabetes Center, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Received 16 November 2015; Accepted 26 November 2015

Copyright © 2016 Adham Mottalib et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Our paper titled “Diabetes Remission after Nonsurgical Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes” [1] contains an error in Table . The body mass index (BMI) at 12 months was incorrectly reported as 40.0 kg/m² while the correct value is 34.0 kg/m².

Table 1: Changes in cardiovascular risk factors after 12 weeks of intensive lifestyle intervention and at one year in participants who achieved major glycemic improvement and partial or complete diabetes remission.

Baseline
3 months
12 months

Weight (lbs)
237.7 ± 29.5
211.3 ± 26.1
211.1 ± 26.5

BMI (kg/m²)
38.2 ± 4
34.0 ± 3.8
34.0 ± 4.2

Systolic BP (mmHg)
128 ± 11
122 ± 15
124 ± 16

Diastolic BP (mmHg)
73 ± 8
74 ± 8
73 ± 9

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
171 ± 31
147 ± 25
159 ± 33

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
103 ± 23
88 ± 18
91 ± 24

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
41 ± 10
40 ± 11
47 ± 13

Triglycerides (mg/dL)
144 ± 69
94 ± 41
123 ± 42

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value < 0.05 from baseline, value < 0.001 from baseline.

References

A. Mottalib, M. Sakr, M. Shehabeldin, and O. Hamdy, “Diabetes remission after nonsurgical intensive lifestyle intervention in obese patients with type 2 diabetes,” Journal of Diabetes Research, vol. 2015, Article ID 468704, 4 pages, 2015.