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Correction to: HbA1c versus oral glucose tolerance test as a method to diagnose diabetes mellitus in vascular surgery patients

Cardiovascular Diabetology volume 17, Article number: 42 (2018) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 25 May 2013

Correction to: Cardiovasc Diabetol (2013) 12:79 https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-79

The authors found errors in Table 1 after publication of the original article [1].

The correct values for medical history of coronary artery disease (CAD) at baseline are 110 (40%) of all patients, 54(35.5%) of patients categorized as having normoglycaemia, 42(46.7%) of patients categorized as having intermediate hyperglycaemia, and 14 (42.4%) of patients categorized as having DM.

All presented numbers and calculations in Table 1 are checked. No other errors were found. The presented errors did not affect results, scientific content or conclusions.

The corrected Table 1 is presented in this erratum.

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population
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The authors apologize for having presented this error in the original article.

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    Hjellestad ID, Astor MC, Nilsen RM, Softeland E, Jonung T. HbA1c versus oral glucose tolerance test as a method to diagnose diabetes mellitus in vascular surgery patients. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2013;12:79. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-79

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  1. Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, 5021, Bergen, Norway

    Iren D. Hjellestad, Marianne C. Astor & Eirik Søfteland

  2. Centre for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Roy M. Nilsen

  3. Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Torbjørn Jonung

  4. Department of Vascular Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Torbjørn Jonung

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Hjellestad, I.D., Astor, M.C., Nilsen, R.M. et al. Correction to: HbA1c versus oral glucose tolerance test as a method to diagnose diabetes mellitus in vascular surgery patients. Cardiovasc Diabetol 17, 42 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-018-0686-z

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