Corrigendum: Association Between Basal Metabolic Rate and All-Cause Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of Southern Chinese Adults

Fengyu Han^1,2,3Feng Hu^2,4Tao Wang^2,5Zhou Wei^2,5Linjuan Zhu^2,5Xiao Huang^2,4,5Huihui Bao^2,4,5*Xiaoshu Cheng^2,4,5*

• ¹Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
• ²Jiangxi Provincial Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Medical, Nanchang, China
• ³Graduate School, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
• ⁴Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
• ⁵Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China

In the published article, there was an error in Table 2 as published. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day. The corrected Table 2 and its caption All-cause mortality of the study population according to quartiles of BMR appear below. In the published article, there was an error in Table 3 as published. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day. The corrected Table 3 In the published article, there was an error in Table 4 as published. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day. The corrected Table 4 and its caption Hazard ratios of different BMR categories for all-cause mortality grouped by age and sex appear below. In the published article, there was an error in Figure 1 as published. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day. The corrected Table 3 and its caption Smooth curve of correlation between BMR level and all-cause mortality grouped by age and sex appear below.Note: Smooth curve (A) adjusted for gender, SBP, DBP, BMI, education level, current smokers, physical activity levels and history of stroke. Smooth curve (B) adjusted for age, SBP, DBP, BMI, education level, current smokers and drinkers, history of stroke and physical activity levels.The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.In the published article, there was an error in Supplementary Figure 2. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day. The correct material statement appears below.Supplementary Figure 2 Smooth curve of correlations between age and baal metabolic rate.In the published article, there was an error in Supplementary Table 2. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day. The correct material statement appears below. In the published article, there was some errors in Supplementary Table 4. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day. The correct material statement appears below. In the published article, there was an error. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day.A correction has been made to Abstract, Result. This sentence previously stated:"There was a significantly inverse relationship between BMR levels and all-cause mortality in elderly male individuals (adjusted-HR per SD increase: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.70-0.91, P < 0.001).Compared with BMR levels ≤ 1,115 kJ/day, there was lower all-cause mortality in third and highest BMR quartiles in the elderly male subjects (adjusted-HR: 0.71, 95% CI:0.53-0.95, P = 0.022; adjusted-HR: 0.60, 95% CI: 0.43-0.84, P = 0.003, respectively."The corrected sentence appears below:"There was a significantly inverse relationship between BMR levels and all-cause mortality in elderly male individuals (adjusted-HR per SD increase: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.70-0.91, P < 0.001).Compared with BMR levels ≤ 1,115 kcal/day, there was lower all-cause mortality in third and highest BMR quartiles in the elderly male subjects (adjusted-HR: 0.71, 95% CI:0.53-0.95, P = 0.022; adjusted-HR: 0.60, 95% CI: 0.43-0.84, P = 0.003, respectively."In the published article, there was an error. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day.A correction has been made to Results, Association Between the Basal Metabolic Rate and All-Cause Mortality, Paragraph 1. This sentence previously stated:"The multivariable analyses indicated that the BMR was inversely associated with all-cause mortality (adjusted-HR per SD increase in confounder model: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.81-0.98, P = 0.018, Table 3). Compared with BMR levels ≤1,115 kJ/day, the highest BMR quartiles had lower all-cause mortality in the confounder model (adjusted-HR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.57-0.96, P = 0.021; P for trend = 0.013, Table 3)."The corrected sentence appears below:"The multivariable analyses indicated that the BMR was inversely associated with all-cause mortality (adjusted-HR per SD increase in confounder model: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.81-0.98, P = 0.018, Table 3). Compared with BMR levels ≤1,115 kcal/day, the highest BMR quartiles had lower all-cause mortality in the confounder model (adjusted-HR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.57-0.96, P = 0.021; P for trend = 0.013, Table 3)."In the published article, there was an error. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day. "Compared with BMR levels ≤ 1,115 kJ/day, there was lower all-cause mortality in the third and highest BMR quartiles in elderly male subjects (adjusted-HR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.53-0.95, P = 0.022; adjusted-HR: 0.60, 95% CI: 0.43-0.84, P = 0.003, respectively)."The corrected sentence appears below: "Compared with BMR levels ≤ 1,115 kcal/day, there was lower all-cause mortality in the third and highest BMR quartiles in elderly male subjects (adjusted-HR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.53-0.95, P = 0.022; adjusted-HR: 0.60, 95% CI: 0.43-0.84, P = 0.003, respectively)."In the published article, there was an error. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day.A correction has been made to Results, Association Between the Basal Metabolic Rate and All-Cause Mortality, Paragraph 2. This sentence previously stated: "There was an inverse relationship between the BMR and all-cause mortality in elderly male individuals. Compared with BMR levels ≤1,115 kJ/day, there was lower all-cause mortality in the third and highest BMR quartiles in elderly male subjects."The corrected sentence appears below: "There was an inverse relationship between the BMR and all-cause mortality in elderly male individuals. Compared with BMR levels ≤1,115 kcal/day, there was lower all-cause mortality in the third and highest BMR quartiles in elderly male subjects."In the published article, there was an error. We mistakenly used the incorrect unit for BMR. The correct unit for BMR should be kcal/day, instead of kJ/day.A correction has been made to Results, Association Between the Basal Metabolic Rate and All-Cause Mortality, Paragraph 3. This sentence previously stated: "The survival analysis showed that compared with BMR levels ≤ 1,115 kJ/day, there was lower all-cause mortality in the highest BMR quartiles in elderly individuals (Kaplan-Meier, log-rank P = 0.141 or P = 0.008 for the highest BMR quartiles relative to the lowest BMR quartiles in the non-elderly or elderly population, respectively; Figure 2)."The corrected sentence appears below: "The survival analysis showed that compared with BMR levels ≤ 1,115 kcal/day, there was lower all-cause mortality in the highest BMR quartiles in elderly individuals (Kaplan-Meier, logrank P = 0.141 or P = 0.008 for the highest BMR quartiles relative to the lowest BMR quartiles in the non-elderly or elderly population, respectively; Figure 2)."