Biomedical Reports

2049-9434 2049-9442

D.A. Spandidos

10.3892/br.2018.1056

BR-0-0-1056

Corrigendum

Low levels of linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid and high levels of arachidonic acid in plasma phospholipids are associated with hypertension

Tsukamoto

Ikuyo

Sugawara

Shiori

04 2018

05 02 2018

8 4 396 396

2018

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Biomed Rep 8: 69-76, 2018; DOI: 10.3892/br.2017.1015

Following publication, the authors noted a repeated error, which they would like to correct for the record, as follows: In the Abstract on page 69, line 9, the word ‘higher’ (‘…significantly higher…’) should have been ‘lower’; the sentence should therefore have read: ‘The plasma level of linoleic acid (LA) in the subjects with hypertension (systolic BP ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg) was identified to be significantly lower than that in the healthy controls.’

The same error in the Discussion on page 71, lines 1–3, should be corrected as follows: ‘The present study demonstrated that the plasma level of LA in the subjects with hypertension was significantly lower than that in those without hypertension.’

The authors guarantee that this modification does not alter the conclusions of the study, and apologize for any misunderstanding caused.