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Correction to: The uncertainty with using risk prediction models for individual decision making: an exemplar cohort study examining the prediction of cardiovascular disease in English primary care

BMC Medicine volume 17, Article number: 158 (2019) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 17 July 2019

Correction to: BMC Med 17:134

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1368-8

The original article [1] contained an error in the abstract. The mentioned cohort size now correctly states ‘N = 3,855,660’.

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  1. Pate A, Emsley R, Ashcroft DM, Brown B, van Staa T. The uncertainty with using risk prediction models for individual decision making: an exemplar cohort study examining the prediction of cardiovascular disease in English primary care. BMC Med. 2019;17:134 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1368-8.

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  1. Centre of Health eResearch, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

    Alexander Pate & Tjeerd van Staa

  2. Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, De Crispigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK

    Richard Emsley

  3. NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

    Darren M. Ashcroft

  4. NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Centre for Primary Care, Division of Population of Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

    Darren M. Ashcroft & Benjamin Brown

  5. Public Health England North West, 3 Piccadilly Place, London Road, Manchester, M1 3BN, UK

    Benjamin Brown

  6. Division ofPharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Tjeerd van Staa

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Pate, A., Emsley, R., Ashcroft, D.M. et al. Correction to: The uncertainty with using risk prediction models for individual decision making: an exemplar cohort study examining the prediction of cardiovascular disease in English primary care. BMC Med 17, 158 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1404-8

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