CORRECTION article

Front. Genet., 20 March 2019

Sec. Applied Genetic Epidemiology

Volume 10 - 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00221

Corrigendum: Caveolin-1 Variant Is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Kuwaiti Children

  • 1. Functional Genomics Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

  • 2. Clinical Division, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

  • 3. Applied Oral Sciences, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, United States

  • 4. Family Medicine and Pediatric Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

  • 5. Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

  • 6. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

  • 7. Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

  • 8. Immunology Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

  • 9. National Dasman Diabetes Biobank, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

  • 10. Cell Therapy and Applied Genomics, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan

  • 11. Research Division, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Author names were incorrectly spelled as “Mark L. Hartman”, “Jihad Abubaker”, “Ebaa Alozairi”, and “Mohamed Abufarha”. The correct spelling is “Mor-Li Hartman”, “Jehad Abubaker”, “Ebaa Al-Ozairi”, and “Mohamed Abu-Farha”.

The updated author contributions statement appears below.

“RN and FA-M designed the study. FA-M, RN, and JG directed the work. OA, JG, SD, and M-LH directed study participant recruitment, sample processing, and data collection. FA-M, RN, HaA, and MB shortlisted the gene/variant. RN, MM, GA, and NA performed the experiment. FA-M, RN, and PS carried out statistical analysis and interpretation. EA-O, LD, HeA, M-LH, MT, HoA, and FA-R carried out clinical data analysis and interpretation. RN and FA-M wrote the manuscript. EA-O, JT, LD, JG, AA, FA-R, SS, MQ, MA-F, JA, M-LH, PS, MB, HaA, and OA reviewed and edited the manuscript. FA-M, EA-O, and JT critically revised and approved the manuscript.”

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

Summary

Keywords

CAV1, HDLC, metabolic syndrome, Kuwaiti children, obesity

Citation

Nizam R, Al-Ozairi E, Goodson JM, Melhem M, Davidsson L, Alkhandari H, Al Madhoun A, Shamsah S, Qaddoumi M, Alghanim G, Alhasawi N, Abu-Farha M, Abubaker J, Shi P, Hartman M-L, Tavares M, Bitar M, Ali H, Arefanian H, Devarajan S, Al-Refaei F, Alsmadi O, Tuomilehto J and Al-Mulla F (2019) Corrigendum: Caveolin-1 Variant Is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Kuwaiti Children. Front. Genet. 10:221. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00221

Received

20 February 2019

Accepted

28 February 2019

Published

20 March 2019

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Frontiers in Genetics Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland

Volume

10 - 2019

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*Correspondence: Rasheeba Nizam Fahd Al-Mulla ;

This article was submitted to Applied Genetic Epidemiology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Genetics

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