Correction

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In the article “Effects of pioglitazone on major adverse cardiovascular events in high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes: Results from PROspective pioglitAzone Clinical Trial In macro Vascular Events (PROactive 10),” by Wilcox et al in the April 2008 issue of American Heart Journal (Am Heart J 2008;712-717), there is an error in the Methods section. The fourth bulleted item on page 713 currently reads “Peripheral arterial obstructive disease of the leg (previous leg amputation above the ankle, or intermittent claudication with an ankle or toe brachial pressure index >0.9.” The value at the end of the sentence should actually be <0.9 and thus the sentence should correctly read as follows: “Peripheral arterial obstructive disease of the leg (previous leg amputation above the ankle, or intermittent claudication with an ankle or toe brachial pressure index <0.9.”