LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Evaluation of the nutritional status of preterm newborns
Dear Editor,
While analyzing the article by Gianini et al.,1 I noticed that the study contains an error in table 4. The results of the linear regression are erroneously described as odds ratio. Comparing this with table 3, the error is confirmed.
José Luiz Muniz Bandeira Duarte
PhD. Adjunct professor, Department of Mothers and Children Healthcare, Biomedical Center, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
References
1. Gianini NM, Vieira AA, Moreira ME. Avaliação dos fatores associados ao estado nutricional na idade corrigida de termo em recém-nascidos de muito baixo peso. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2005;81:34-40.
Authors' reply
Dear Editor:
we are grateful for the opportunity offered by the reader José Luiz Muniz Bandeira Duarte to correct an error in table 4, of the article entitled Evaluation of the nutritional status at 40 weeks corrected gestational age in a cohort of very low birth weight infants, published in issue 1 of volume 80. The reader points out that there is information on an odds ratio in a table whose results had been analyzed by multivariate linear regression. The reader is correct in identifying the error, since, in fact, the column that says odds ratio should says b. We would, therefore, like to request that the table be published once more in this section in its corrected form:
We emphasize that this error in no way affects the analysis of the results presented.
Nicole M. Gianini
MSc. Instituto Fernandes Figueiras/FIOCRUZ (IFF/FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Alan Araújo Vieira
MSc. IFF/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Maria E. L. Moreira
Researcher. IFF/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
09 Aug 2005 -
Date of issue
June 2005