Management outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes: targeting the 10-year absolute risk of coronary heart disease

Re: “Management outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes: targeting the 10-year absolute risk of coronary heart disease”, by Tuck Y Yong, George Phillipov and Patrick J Phillips, in the 18 June issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2007; 186: 622-624). There was an editing error introduced in the Results section of the Abstract of this article. The first sentence should have read:

Results: 42%, 61% and 43% of patients were receiving medication to treat hyperglycaemia, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia, respectively; 46%, 29% and 15% of patients, respectively, had achieved the recommended RACGP target values for HbA1c, blood pressure, and total cholesterol; and 22% of patients were current smokers.