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Correction: Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea

  • In Sook Kang,
  • Kyoung Ae Kong

In Fig 1, there are typographical errors in the BMI values. The ranges 2.3–24.9 and 2.5–29.9 should be 23.0–24.9 and 25.0–29.9, respectively. Please see the correct Fig 1 here.

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Fig 1. Odds ratios for critical and fatal illness according to body mass index.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301962.g001

Odds ratios were adjusted for age, gender, and five comorbidities (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, cancer, and dementia).

Reference

  1. 1. Kang IS, Kong KA (2021) Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea. PLoS ONE 16(6): e0253640. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253640 pmid:34157043

Citation: Kang IS, Kong KA (2024) Correction: Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0301962. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301962

Published: April 4, 2024

Copyright: © 2024 Kang, Kong. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.