Correction: Effect of alirocumab on cataracts in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Correction: BMC Ophthalmol 23, 279 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886–023-03012-1

After publication of the original article [1], the author group noticed a calculation error that has affected Tables 3 and 5 as well as the second paragraph of the Results section in page 4.

The original article has been updated and the correct values are also given below in bold.

The second paragraph in page 4 should read:

A total of 4305 patients in the alirocumab group had ≥ 2 consecutive LDL-C values < 25 mg/dL (0.65 mmol/L) and were matched to 4305 patients from the placebo group with similar baseline characteristics (Tables 2 and 3). Baseline characteristics of these patients included mean age 59 years, male sex (81%), diabetes (33%); and mean body mass index 28.3 kg/m2, LDL-C 2.1 mmol/L, lipoprotein (a) 28.6 mg/dL, and apolipoprotein A1 131.6 mg/dL. A total of 782 patients in the alirocumab group had ≥ 2 consecutive LDL-C values < 15 mg/dL (0.39 mmol/L) and were matched to 2346 patients from the placebo group with similar baseline characteristics (Tables 4 and 5). Baseline characteristics of these patients included mean age 59 years, male sex (81%), diabetes (33%); and mean body mass index 27.3 kg/m2, LDL-C 2.0 mmol/L, lipoprotein (a) 18.8 mg/dL, and apolipoprotein A1 129.9 mg/dL.