Nagle, C. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0334-1869
,
Ibiebele, T.
Shivappa, N.
Hébert, J. R.
DeFazio, A.
Webb, P. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6171-3579
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research and Materiel Command (DAMD17-01-1-0729)
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (400281, 400413, 199600)
Cancer Councils of Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania and the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia
Article History
Received: 19 March 2018
Accepted: 11 July 2018
First Online: 19 July 2018
Change Date: 28 September 2018
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: In the original publication of this article on page 6, paragraph “Discussion”, line 4, ‘In a U.S. population-based case–control study (<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> = 493 cases) Peres et al., reported a non-significant association between DII score and risk of developing ovarian cancer of similar magnitude (OR DII score<Subscript>Q4 vs. Q1</Subscript> 1.35, 95% CI 0.93–1.97) [20]’. It should read as ‘In a U.S. population-based case–control study (<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> = 493 cases) Peres et al., reported a significant association between DII score and risk of developing ovarian cancer (OR DII score<Subscript>Q4 vs. Q1</Subscript> 1.72, 95% CI 1.18–2.51) [20]’.
Compliance with ethical standards
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: We declare no conflicts of interest.
: Dr. Hébert owns controlling interest in Connecting Health Innovations LLC (CHI), a company planning to license the right to his invention of the dietary inflammatory index (DII) from the University of South Carolina to develop computer and smart phone applications for patient counseling and dietary intervention in clinical settings. Dr. Nitin Shivappa is an employee of CHI.
: The study received approval from the appropriate ethics committee and all participants provided informed consent.
: All named authors have read the manuscript and have agreed to submit the paper in its present form. The research has not been and will not be submitted simultaneously to another journal, in whole or in part. The paper reports previously unpublished work. All those named as authors have made a sufficient contribution to the work. Any specific consent to publish required by employers or funding bodies was obtained.