eMJA: Lowering blood pressure in 2003

Correction

Lowering blood pressure in 2003

John P Chalmers and Leonard F Arnolda

MJA 2004; 180 (1): 47

Re: Lowering blood pressure in 2003, a Clinical Update article by Chalmers JP and Arnolda LF in the 15 September 2003 issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2003; 179: 306-312). On page 308, second column, under the heading ANBP2, an error in the editorial process led to an incorrect statement: “ANBP2 was an open-labelled randomised study with blinded endpoints, a design in which study doctors knew whether the patient was on active treatment or placebo . . . ”

ANBP2 is clearly a comparative study, not a placebo controlled study, as is made plain in the other sections of the article.

The html and pdf versions of the article published online were corrected on 14 November 2003.

Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

John P Chalmers, MD, FRACP, Professor of Medicine.

West Australian Institute for Medical Research, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

Leonard F Arnolda, PhD, FRACP, Professor of Cardiology.

Correspondence: Professor John P Chalmers, Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Newtown, NSW 2042. chalmersATiih.usyd.edu.au

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