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Erratum to: Association between routine laboratory tests and long-term mortality among acutely admitted older medical patients: a cohort study

BMC Geriatrics volume 17, Article number: 67 (2017) Cite this article

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After the publication of this work [1] it was noticed that Fig. 2 is Fig. 3 duplicated. The correct figure is shown below.

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a The number (#) of patients with admission laboratory test results outside (out) or inside (in) the reference interval (ref) and their corresponding proportion of mortality within 3 years from discharge. Significance of difference by Chi-Square * ~ P ≤ 0.001, ** ~ P ≤ 0.05. b differences in the mortality proportion for patients inside versus outside the reference interval. FI-OutRef: Frailty index by the number of admission laboratory test results outside the reference interval. MCHC: Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration. MCV: Mean corpuscular volume. BUN: Blood urea nitrogen. ALAT: Alanine aminotransferase. LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase. Coag. Fac. II,VII, X: Coagulation factor II, VII and X]

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  1. Klausen HH, Petersen J, Bandholm T, Juul-Larsen HG, Tavenier J, Eugen-Olsen J, et al. Association between routine laboratory tests and long-term mortality among acutely admitted older medical patients: a cohort study. BMC Geriatr. 2017;17:62.

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  1. Optimed, Clinical Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

    Henrik Hedegaard Klausen, Janne Petersen, Thomas Bandholm, Helle Gybel Juul-Larsen, Juliette Tavenier, Jesper Eugen-Olsen & Ove Andersen

  2. Department of Public Health, Section of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Janne Petersen

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

    Thomas Bandholm

  4. Department of Physical Therapy, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research – Copenhagen (PMR-C), Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

    Thomas Bandholm

  5. The Emergency Department, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

    Ove Andersen

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Klausen, H.H., Petersen, J., Bandholm, T. et al. Erratum to: Association between routine laboratory tests and long-term mortality among acutely admitted older medical patients: a cohort study. BMC Geriatr 17, 67 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0463-y

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