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Front. Endocrinol., 10 March 2020
Sec. Clinical Diabetes

Corrigendum: Normal High HbA1c a Risk Factor for Abnormal Pain Threshold in the Japanese Population

\nChieko ItabashiChieko Itabashi1Hiroki Mizukami
Hiroki Mizukami1*Sho OsonoiSho Osonoi1Kazuhisa TakahashiKazuhisa Takahashi1Kazuhiro KudoKazuhiro Kudo1Kanichiro WadaKanichiro Wada2Wataru InabaWataru Inaba1Guo DanyangGuo Danyang1Chiaki Uchida,Chiaki Uchida1,3Satoko Umetsu,Satoko Umetsu1,3Akiko Igawa,Akiko Igawa1,3Saori OgasawaraSaori Ogasawara1Masaki RyuzakiMasaki Ryuzaki1Kouji KomedaKouji Komeda1Yasuyuki IshibashiYasuyuki Ishibashi2Soroku YagihashiSoroku Yagihashi1Shigeyuki NakajiShigeyuki Nakaji4
  • 1Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
  • 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
  • 3Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
  • 4Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

A Corrigendum on
Normal High HbA1c a Risk Factor for Abnormal Pain Threshold in the Japanese Population

by Itabashi, C., Mizukami, H., Osonoi, S., Takahashi, K., Kudo, K., Wada, K., et al. (2019). Front. Endocrinol. 10:651. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00651

In the original article, old type of electrodes were incorrectly identified as (NM-990W) instead of (NM-983W). In addition, the average of P-IES in non-diabetic/IFG subjects was incorrect. The correct value is “0.15 ± 0.01.”

A correction has been made in the following places:

The Material and Methods section, subsection P-IES Measurement, paragraph 1:

“For nociceptive stimulation, an IES method was adopted using a disposable concentric bipolar needle electrode (NM-983W; Nihon Kohden Corp., Tokyo, Japan) which was connected to a specific stimulator for cutaneous Aδ and C fibers as previously described (PNS-7000; Nihon Kohden) (15).”

The Abstract, subsection Results:

“P-IES was elevated with increasing of age in women but not in men. Average P-IES (mA) was increased in IFG subjects (n = 55, 0.20 ± 0.03) compared with normoglycemic/non-IFG individuals (n = 894, 0.15 ± 0.01) (p < 0.01). It was comparable between IFG and a group of normal high HbA1c (5.9–6.4%). Univariate linear regression analyses showed no influence of sex, triglyceride, or cholesterol on the value of P-IES. In contrast, there were significant correlations between P-IES and serum HbA1c level (ß = 0.120, p < 0.001) Adjustments for the multiple clinical measurements confirmed positive correlation of P-IES with HbA1c (ß = 0.077, p = 0.046).”

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

Keywords: small fiber dysfunction, diabetic polyneuropathy, HbA1c, painful, small fiber assessment

Citation: Itabashi C, Mizukami H, Osonoi S, Takahashi K, Kudo K, Wada K, Inaba W, Danyang G, Uchida C, Umetsu S, Igawa A, Ogasawara S, Ryuzaki M, Komeda K, Ishibashi Y, Yagihashi S and Nakaji S (2020) Corrigendum: Normal High HbA1c a Risk Factor for Abnormal Pain Threshold in the Japanese Population. Front. Endocrinol. 11:130. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00130

Received: 02 January 2020; Accepted: 26 February 2020;
Published: 10 March 2020.

Edited and reviewed by: Jan Polák, Charles University, Czechia

Copyright © 2020 Itabashi, Mizukami, Osonoi, Takahashi, Kudo, Wada, Inaba, Danyang, Uchida, Umetsu, Igawa, Ogasawara, Ryuzaki, Komeda, Ishibashi, Yagihashi and Nakaji. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Hiroki Mizukami, hirokim@hirosaki-u.ac.jp

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