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This reference should be:
“Jones DW, Ferdinand KC, Taler SJ, Johnson HM, Shimbo D, Abdalla M, et al. 2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. (2025) 152(11). doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001356”.
There were errors in the Description and Mandatory criteria sections of Figure 1.
The text previously read:
Description
“…analogous to the cumulative effect of the Lilliputians’ rapes.”
Major cardiovascular risk factors
WC: 90–102♂ cm/80–88♀ cm.
SBP: 120–139 mm Hg; DBP: 80–89 mm Hg.
FBG: 100–125 mg/dL.
The corrected text is below:
Description
“…analogous to the cumulative effect of the Lilliputians’ ropes.”
Mandatory criteria
All 4 must be present:
WC: 90–101 cm (men)/80–87 cm (women).
SBP: 120–139 mm Hg and/or DBP: 80–89 mm Hg.
FPG: 100–125 mg/dL.
There was a mistake in the caption of Figure 1 as published: “FBG, Fasting blood glucose” should be “FPG, Fasting plasma glucose.”
The updated Figure 1 and its caption appear below.
Figure 1
Graphical representation of the Gulliver syndrome. A patient's overall cardiovascular risk increases when multiple mildly elevated risk factors coexist. Each rope represents a single, subclinical abnormality (waist circumference, blood pressure, glucose, or non-high-density lipoprotein colesterol) that collectively restrain health, analogous to the ropes of the Lilliputians. DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, Fasting plasma glucose; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure; WC, waist circumference.
A correction has been made to the values and terms in the sections “Proposed definition and diagnostic criteria” and “Case illustration”.
The text previously read:
Proposed definition and diagnostic criteria
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Systolic blood pressure (SBP): 121–139 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP): 81–89 mmHg.
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Fasting plasma glucose (FPG): 101–125 mg/dL.
Case illustration
HDL-C.
The corrected text is below:
Proposed definition and diagnostic criteria
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Systolic blood pressure (SBP): 120–139 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP): 80–89 mmHg.
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Fasting plasma glucose (FPG): 100–125 mg/dL.
Case illustration
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HDL cholesterol.
The original version of this article has been updated.
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Summary
Keywords
obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cholesterol, biomarkers
Citation
López-Gil JF, Abellán-Huerta J and Abellán-Alemán J (2025) Correction: The Gulliver syndrome: a conceptual framework to address therapeutic inertia in patients with borderline cardiovascular risk profiles. Front. Cardiovasc. Med. 12:1696969. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1696969
Received
29 September 2025
Accepted
17 October 2025
Published
06 November 2025
Volume
12 - 2025
Edited and reviewed by
Dexter Canoy, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
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* Correspondence: José Francisco López-Gil josefranciscolopezgil@gmail.com
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