Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69987-9, published online 06 August 2020.


This Article contains a repeated error in Figure 1 where ‘WHZ’ should read ‘WLZ’.


The correct Figure 1 appears below.

Figure 1
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Participant flow chart. Adapted from Ref.18. Body composition assessment by deuterium dilution (D2O). Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC). Weight-for-length z-score (WLZ). Children with D2O admitted by MUAC only (MUAC-O). Children with D2O admitted by WLZ and MUAC (WLZ-MUAC). Children with D2O admitted by WLZ only (WLZ-O).