Correction: Comparison of treatment patterns, efficacy and safety between generic and branded Atorvastatin users in China: a multicenter, retrospective propensity score‑matched cohort study
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Correction: Comparison of treatment
patterns, efficacy and safety between generic
and branded Atorvastatin users in China:
a multicenter, retrospective propensity
score‑matched cohort study
Xiaoxuan Xing1, Zhizhou Wang1, Ke Wang1, Yiming Hua1, Xiaoxi Li1, Kejia Le2, Wenbing Ma3, Yingyun Guan4,
Aiping Deng5, Xiong Yun6, Hongfu Cai7, Yongning Lyu8, Guoying Xiong9, Min Yang10, Siyang Wang11, Chaojun Xue12,
Jing Zhang13, Qiushi Guo14, Song Hu15, Jing Li16, Xianzhe Dong1* and Lan Zhang1*
Correction: Lipids in Health and Disease 24, 248
(2025)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-025-02673-9
Following publication of the original article [1], the
authors reported an incorrect statement on page 5, 3rd
paragraph under section “Safety outcomes after PS
matching”.
The statement currently reads:
“With regard to hyperglycemia, proportion of patients
with FPG increase and new-onset diabetes were lower
than the generic group…”.
The original article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s1
2944-025-02673-9.
*Correspondence:
Xianzhe Dong
Lan Zhang
1
Department of Pharmacy, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University,
45 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100053, China
2
Department of Pharmacy, Renji Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University
School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
3
Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong
University, Xi’an, China
4
Department of Pharmacy, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University
School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
5
Department of Pharmacy, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, China
The statement should read:
“With regard to hyperglycemia, proportion of patients
with FPG increase and new-onset diabetes were lower in
the generic group…”.
The original article [1] has been corrected.
6
Department of Pharmacy, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated
Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou, China
7
Department of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital,
Fuzhou, China
8
Department of Pharmacy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
9
Department of Pharmacy, Nanchang First Hospital, Nanchang, China
10
Department of Pharmacy, Xi’an Central Hospital, Xi’an, China
11
Department of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical
University, Taiyuan, China
12
Department of Pharmacy, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, China
13
Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to
Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
14
Pharmacy Department, First Hospital of Jilin University-The Eastern
Division, Changchun, China
15
Department of Pharmacy, Wuhan No.1 Hospital, Wuhan, China
16
Department of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University,
Qingdao, China
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