Erratum to: Diabetologia

DOI 10.1007/s00125-010-1922-6

Unfortunately, the values for urinary ACR in the ‘Month 6 characteristics’ section of Table 1 were incorrect. They should have read 124 (46–249) for those in the group with serum potassium <5.0 mmol/l and 139 (51–291) for those in the group with serum potassium ≥5.0 mmol/l.