Re "Thiazolidinediones and type 2 diabetes: new drugs for an old disease", the New Drugs, Old Drugs article by Trisha M O'Moore-Sullivan and Johannes B Prins in the 15 April issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2002; 176: 381-386), in which an editing error resulted in the word "tryglyceride" replacing "total cholesterol". Thus, on page 383, the first sentence in the second dot point under the subheading "Both drugs increase HDL and LDL and decrease FFA levels; pioglitazone lowers triglyceride levels", the sentence should read "Rosiglitazone also tends to increase total cholesterol level and studies have reported variable effects on ratios of total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and of LDL to HDL."
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD.