Correction to: Nature Medicine https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01810-6, published online 18 May 2022.

In the version of this article initially published, the sentence now reading “Although ascertainment bias must be excluded, it is interesting to note that this finding might provide clues for etiologic understanding, as women are generally more susceptible to immune-mediated conditions128” originally cited ref. 65 instead of 128. The correct reference is as follows: 128. Angum, F., Khan, T., Kaler, J., Siddiqui, L. & Hussain, A. The prevalence of autoimmune disorders in women: a narrative review. Cureus 12, e8094–e8094 (2020). The reference has been inserted and the subsequent references renumbered accordingly in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.