Correction: BMC Ophthalmol 23, 279 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886–023-03012-1

After publication of the original article [1], the author group noticed a calculation error that has affected Tables 3 and 5 as well as the second paragraph of the Results section in page 4.

The original article has been updated and the correct values are also given below in bold.

Table 3 Baseline lipid parameters in patients on alirocumab with ≥ 2 consecutive LDL-C values < 25 mg/dL and propensity score-matched patients on placebo
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Table 5 Baseline lipid parameters in patients on alirocumab with ≥ 2 consecutive LDL-C values < 15 mg/dL and propensity score-matched patients on placebo
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The second paragraph in page 4 should read:

A total of 4305 patients in the alirocumab group had ≥ 2 consecutive LDL-C values < 25 mg/dL (0.65 mmol/L) and were matched to 4305 patients from the placebo group with similar baseline characteristics (Tables 2 and 3). Baseline characteristics of these patients included mean age 59 years, male sex (81%), diabetes (33%); and mean body mass index 28.3 kg/m2, LDL-C 2.1 mmol/L, lipoprotein (a) 28.6 mg/dL, and apolipoprotein A1 131.6 mg/dL. A total of 782 patients in the alirocumab group had ≥ 2 consecutive LDL-C values < 15 mg/dL (0.39 mmol/L) and were matched to 2346 patients from the placebo group with similar baseline characteristics (Tables 4 and 5). Baseline characteristics of these patients included mean age 59 years, male sex (81%), diabetes (33%); and mean body mass index 27.3 kg/m2, LDL-C 2.0 mmol/L, lipoprotein (a) 18.8 mg/dL, and apolipoprotein A1 129.9 mg/dL.