Correction: Secondary carnitine deficiency during refeeding in severely malnourished patients with eating disorders: a retrospective cohort study (Journal of Eating Disorders, (2024), 12, 1, (97), 10.1186/s40337-024-01054-4)

Following the publication of the original article, the author reported that in Table 1, the position of ‘Patients (N = 56)’ was incorrect. It should appear above ‘Median’, as shown below. Comparison between the patient groups and controls Controls (N = 35) Patients (N=56) Median (IQR) Range Median (IQR) Range p value^a Age (years) 24 (21–39) 20–49 26 (21–35) 17–53 0.7655 0.03 Height (m) 1.58 (1.546–1.611) 1.43–1.73 1.559 (1.528–1.597) 1.425–1.67 0.0976 0.17 Weight (kg) 49.5 (46.6–59) 42.2–85 30.1 (26.6–34.8) 18.9–44.5 < 0.0001 0.83 BMI at time of carnitine measurement (kg/m²) 20 (18.8–22.6) 16.6–34.2 13.8 (12.8–14.8) 10.8–18 < 0.0001 0.83 Free carnitine (36–74 µmol/L) 37.8 (34.7–40.5) 13.3–56.8 32.0 (23.2–41.5) 12.7–61.6 0.0249 0.24 Acylcarnitine (6–23 µmol/L) 7 (5.7–9.1) 3.0–11.3 3.8 (2.5–5.8) 0.7–9.9 < 0.0001 0.59 Total carnitine (45–91 µmol/L) 44.7 (41–48.9) 20.6–67.6 36.3 (26.1–46.2) 13.4–71.1 0.0012 0.34 Acylcarnitine/free carnitine (AC/FC) 0.19 (0.16–0.24) 0.07–0.55 0.12 (0.1–0.16) 0.04–0.27 < 0.0001 0.57 From: Secondary carnitine deficiency during refeeding in severely malnourished patients with eating disorders: a retrospective cohort study IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index ^aMann–Whitney U test The original article (Imaeda et al. 2024) has been corrected.