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EDITORIALS: Andrew Neil and Steve E Humphries Statins and familial hypercholesterolaemia BMJ 2009; 338: a3041 [Full text]

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Statins and familial hypercholesterolaemia: correction of error

Andrew Neil, Steve E Humphries   (22 January 2009)

Statins and familial hypercholesterolaemia: correction of error 22 January 2009
Andrew Neil, professor of clinical epidemiology and honorary consultant physician NIHR School of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, Steve E Humphries Send response to journal: Re: Statins and familial hypercholesterolaemia: correction of error	An error was introduced in our editorial in copy editing. The fifth paragraph compares the results of the study by Versmissen and colleagues with the findings of a previous registry study reporting the outcome in 2582 heterozygous patients followed from 1980 to 2006 (reference 6). The text should read: "Primary prevention resulted in a 48% reduction in coronary mortality after 1991 when statins were prescribed routinely, although it was still 1.7 times higher in patients aged 20-59 compared to the general population". Erroneously, the published text reads "a 48% reduction in LDL cholesterol after 1991...". Competing interests: As declared for the editorial