Correction: Thyroid Hormone Activates Brown Adipose Tissue and Increases Non-Shivering Thermogenesis—A Cohort Study in a Group of Thyroid Carcinoma Patients

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145049.].

There is an error in the second sentence of the Follow-up subsection of the Materials and Methods section. The correct sentence is: The second set of measurements took place between October 2012 and July 2014, four to six months after the initial measurements, after subjects were stable on a daily dose of synthetic thyroid hormone (levothyroxine, fT4 levels 23.1 ± 3.9 pmol/L, TSH 0.5 ± 0.6 mU/L levothyroxine dose 143.75 ± 23.75 μg/day), the above described measurement protocol was repeated.
There are errors in the final sentence of the Subject characteristics subsection of the Materials and Methods section. The correct sentence is: On average, subjects were remeasured 5.2 ± 1.8 months after the first measurement, and average dosage of levothyroxine at the time of the second set of measurements was 143.75 ± 23.75 μg/day.
There are errors in the final sentence of the Energy expenditure subsection of the Results section. The correct sentence is: NST, also increased significantly in the presence of thyroid hormone (15 ± 10% versus 23.3 ± 5.4%, P = 0.005, Fig 3B).
There are errors in the third sentence of the BAT activity subsection of the Results section. The correct sentence is: This increase was just not significant (BAT SUV mean; 3.88 ± 2.96 versus 2.4 ± 1.8, P = 0.053, Fig 3C, 3D and 3E).
There are errors in the first sentence of the Core and skin temperature subsection of the Results section. The correct sentence is: Body core temperature in thermoneutral and cold conditions did not significantly change in the presence of thyroid hormone (core temperature thermoneutral 37.1 ± 0.4˚C versus 37.3 ± 1.1˚C, P = 0.633; core temperature cold 37.3 ± 0.5˚C versus 37.7 ± 1.7˚C, P = 0.538, Table 2).
There are errors in the first sentence of the Skin perfusion and blood pressure subsection of the Results section. The correct sentence is: Hand skin blood flow was significantly reduced during cold exposure (hand: -59 ± 29% during hypothyroidism versus -35 ± 64% after levothyroxine treatment, P = 0.048, Table 2).
There are errors in the fourth sentence of the Skin perfusion and blood pressure subsection of the Results section. The correct sentence is: Also, mean arterial pressure (MAP) in both thermoneutral and mild cold conditions was significantly higher in the hypothyroid state (105 ± 20 mmHg versus 96 ± 16 mmHg, P = 0.008 and 113 ± 19 mmHg versus 100 ± 16 mmHg, P = 0.010, Table 2).
There are errors in the Blood values subsection of the Results section. The correct first three sentences are: Total glycerol was significantly lower in the subclinical hyperthyroid state than in the hypothyroid state (P = 0.001). A similar trend was seen for free fatty acids (P = 0.083).
There are errors in the second sentence of the Blood values subsection of the Results section. The correct sentence is: During cold exposure, both noradrenaline and adrenaline levels were significantly lower in the subclinical hyperthyroid state than in the hypothyroid situation (P = 0.001 and P = 0.011 respectively, Table 2).
There are errors in Table 1. Please see the corrected Table 1 here. There are errors in Table 2. Please see the corrected Table 2 here.