Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10341-x, published online 29 August 2017

In the original version of this Article, Antonio Ceriello was incorrectly affiliated with ‘Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Unit, IRCCS MultiMedica, 20099, Sesto San, Giovanni (MI), Italy’. The correct affiliations are listed below.

Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Barcelona, Spain

Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, IRCCS MultiMedica, 20099 Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy

This error has now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article, and in the accompanying Supplementary Information file.