Correction to: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2017) 71, 544–548; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2016.266; published online 25 January 2017

Since the publication of this article, the authors have noticed an error in affiliation 2 and have noted that affiliations 1 and 2 should be swapped. They have also identified an error in reference 9.

The correct affiliation is:

Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

The updated author line is:

N Pahlavani1,2, MH Entezari2, M Nasiri3, A Miri4, M Rezaie5, M Bagheri-Bidakhavidi6 and O Sadeghi7

The correct reference for reference 9 is:

9. Pahlavani N, Jafari M, Rezaei M, Rasad H, Sadeghi O, Rahdar HA et al. L-arginine supplementation and risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in healthy men: a double-blind randomized clinical trial. F1000Res 2014; 3: 306.

The authors apologise for any inconvenience caused by these errors.