Erratum to: Physiological models of body composition and human obesity

Correction to Levitt DG, Heymsfield SB, Pierson Jr RN, Shapses SA, Kral JG: Physiological models of body composition and human obesity. Nutrition & Metabolism 2007, 4:19

Since publication of our first article [1] we have noticed that the following corrections needed to be made. There is an error in the calculation of the body fat in the original version of this article. The tritium distribution space was not properly corrected for non-aqueous hydrogen exchange and water density resulting in estimates of percent body fat that are about 2% less then the correct percent. This produces small errors in the regression relations for the prediction of body fat from BMI or body density described originally in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The corrected tables (calculated using TBW = 3H2O × 0.96 × 0.994) are provided.

Affiliations

1. Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

   • David G Levitt

2. Merck & Co, 126 E., Lincoln Avenue, PO Box 2000, RY34-A238,, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA

   • Steven B Heymsfield

3. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY Body Composition Unit, 114th street and Amsterdam Avenue, NY, NY, 10025, USA

   • Richard N Pierson Jr

4. Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, 96 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA

   • Sue A Shapses

5. Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Box 40, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklny, NY, 11203, USA

   • John G Kral

Corresponding author

Correspondence to David G Levitt.

The online version of the original article can be found at

The online version of the original article can be found at 10.1186/1743-7075-4-19

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