Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66147-x, published online 08 June 2020


This Article contains errors in Table 1. In the HTML and PDF versions of this Article, the headers for columns n and All have been merged, and some of the characteristics in the column ‘All’ are missing. The correct Table 1 appears below.

Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of all women by glycemic status.

Additionally, there is a citation error in the Methods section under subheading ‘Statistical analyses’, where,


“These were BMI (≥ 23 kg/m2 and ≥ 25 kg/m2 according to Asian and international thresholds for overweight, respectively)25, the 90th percentiles for WHtR and total skinfolds, and HbA1c ≥ 5.7% for pre-diabetes (suggested by the American Diabetes Association)9.”


should read:


“These were BMI (≥ 23 kg/m2 and ≥ 25 kg/m2 according to Asian and international thresholds for overweight, respectively)25, the 90th percentiles for WHtR and total skinfolds, and HbA1c ≥ 5.7% for pre-diabetes (suggested by the American Diabetes Association)10.”


There is an error in the Discussion section where,


“Consistent with our results, two meta-analyses found that BMI, WHtR, and WC were equally discriminative in detecting incident diabetes27.”


should read:


“Consistent with our results, a meta-analysis found that BMI, WHtR, and WC were equally discriminative in detecting incident diabetes27.”