Coronary and cardiovascular risk estimation for primary prevention: validation of a new Sheffield table in the 1995 Scottish health survey population

Correction for Wallis et al., BMJ 320 (7236) 671-676.
BMJ 2000;320:1034 ( 15 April )

Correction

Coronary and cardiovascular risk estimation for primary prevention: validation of a new Sheffield table in the 1995 Scottish health survey population

"In this paper by Erica J Wallis et al (11 March, pp 671-6), five values of the total:HDL cholesterol ratio were wrong inthe table on p 672 because of an error during the editorial process.The values for men aged 40, 38, 36, 34, and 32 years in the farleft hand column (15%) should read 5.2, 5.8, 6.4, 7.2, 8.2 respectively(not 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.1). For the revised, correct tablesee bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7236/671