Correction: Eldakhakhny et al. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Among Non-Diabetic Saudi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. Biomedicines 2023, 11, 3242

Eldakhakhny, Basmah; Enani, Sumia; Jambi, Hanan; Ajabnoor, Ghada; Al-Ahmadi, Jawaher; Al-Raddadi, Rajaa; Alsheikh, Lubna; Abdulaal, Wesam H.; Gad, Hoda; Borai, Anwar; Bahijri, Suhad; Tuomilehto, Jaakko

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Correction: Eldakhakhny et al. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Among Non-Diabetic Saudi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. Biomedicines 2023, 11, 3242

by

Basmah Eldakhakhny

^1,2,3,*

,

Sumia Enani

^2,3,4

,

Hanan Jambi

^2,3,4,

Ghada Ajabnoor

^1,2,3

,

Jawaher Al-Ahmadi

^2,3,5,

Rajaa Al-Raddadi

^2,3,6

,

Lubna Alsheikh

⁷,

Wesam H. Abdulaal

⁷

,

Hoda Gad

^1,8

,

Anwar Borai

^2,9,

Suhad Bahijri

^1,2,3

and

Jaakko Tuomilehto

^2,10,11

¹

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia

²

Saudi Diabetes Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia

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Food, Nutrition, and Lifestyle Research Unit, King Fahd for Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia

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Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Sciences and Design, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia

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Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia

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Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia

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Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

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Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21561, Egypt

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King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah 22384, Saudi Arabia

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Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland

¹¹

Public Health Promotion Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland

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Biomedicines 2026, 14(4), 932; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14040932

Submission received: 15 April 2026 / Accepted: 15 April 2026 / Published: 20 April 2026

(This article belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Metabolism Research)

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In the original publication [1], there was a mistake in “Table 2. Prevalence of MetS and its components in different sex groups in people <32 years and 32+ years of age” as published. The standard deviation of the diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of the subgroup “Normal BP” in women 32+ years of age should be reported as “8.3” instead of “0.8”. The corrected “Table 2. Prevalence of MetS and its components in different sex groups in people <32 years and 32+ years of age” appears below. The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.

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Eldakhakhny, B.; Enani, S.; Jambi, H.; Ajabnoor, G.; Al-Ahmadi, J.; Al-Raddadi, R.; Alsheikh, L.; Abdulaal, W.H.; Gad, H.; Borai, A.; et al. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome among Non-Diabetic Saudi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. Biomedicines 2023, 11, 3242. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Table 2. Prevalence of MetS and its components in different sex groups in people <32 years and 32+ years of age.

	Age < 32					Age 32+
	Men n = 471		Women n = 307		p-Value ^b	Men n = 289		Women n = 272		p-Value ^b
	n (%)	Mean ± SD	n (%)	Mean ± SD		n (%)	Mean ± SD	n (%)	Mean ± SD
WC ^
Normal WC	369 (78.3)	87.4 ± 9.4	225 (73.3)	75.2 ± 7.4	<0.001	156 (54.2)	92.7 ± 7.5	77 (28.4)	78.7 ± 7.8	<0.001
Elevated WC	102 (21.7)	115.8 ± 12.1	82 (26.7)	100 ± 10.2	<0.001	132 (45.8)	115 ± 10	194 (71.6)	103 ± 12	<0.001
p-value ^a	0.105					<0.001
BP ^
Normal BP	338 (71.8)	SBP: 115.1 ± 8.3	261 (85)	SBP: 107 ± 10	<0.001	169 (58.5)	SBP: 116 ± 7	192 (70.6)	SBP: 109 ± 10	<0.001
		DBP: 69.8 ± 9.2		DBP: 66.4 ± 8.4	<0.001		DBP: 72.9 ± 8		DBP: 67.4 ± 8.3	<0.001
Elevated BP	133 (28.2)	SBP: 131.2 ± 11.3	46 (15)	SBP: 127 ± 15	0.061	120 (41.5)	SBP: 136 ± 17	80 (29.4)	SBP: 134 ± 19	0.461
		DBP: 82.8 ± 11.3		DBP: 86.2 ± 9.6	0.054		DBP: 85 ± 10.4		DBP: 83.8 ± 11.8	0.462
p-value ^a	<0.001					0.003
HDL-C ^
Normal HDL-C	420 (89.4)	1.3 ± 0.2	235 (76.5)	1.6 ± 0.2	<0.001	223 (77.2)	1.3 ± 0.2	184 (67.6)	1.6 ± 0.2	<0.001
Low HDL-C	50 (10.6)	0.9 ± 0.1	72 (23.5)	1.1 ± 0.2	<0.001	66 (22.8)	1 ± 0.2	88 (32.4)	1.2 ± 0.2	<0.001
p-value ^a	<0.001					0.012
TG ^
Normal TG	389 (82.8)	0.94 ± 0.32	288 (93.8)	0.79 ± 0.27	<0.001	162 (56.1)	1.1 ± 0.33	203 (74.6)	1 ± 0.33	0.007
High TG	81 (17.2)	2.66 ± 1.24	19 (6.2)	1.98 ± 0.73	0.024	127 (43.9)	2.68 ± 1.04	69 (25.4)	2.03 ± 0.88	<0.001
p-value ^a	<0.001					<0.001
FPG ^
Normal FPG	427 (90.7)	4.2 ± 0.5	282 (91.9)	4.1 ± 0.5	0.82	198 (68.5)	4.4 ± 0.6	202 (74.3)	4.3 ± 0.6	0.097
High FPG	44 (9.3)	5.1 ± 1.3	25 (8.1)	5 ± 0.9	0.598	91 (31.5)	6 ± 2.7	70 (25.7)	5.4 ± 2.1	0.16
p-value ^a	0.565					0.132
MetS ^
No MetS	436 (92.6)		293 (95.4)			206 (71.3)		192 (70.6)
MetS	35 (7.4)		14 (4.6)			83 (28.7)		80 (29.4)
p-value ^a	0.107					0.857

^a p-value was obtained to compare the proportions between the two sex groups in each age group using the chi-square test. ^b p-value was obtained to compare the means of the two groups of people with MetS and without MetS using an independent t-test. ^ all components were significantly more prevalent in 32+ years adults compared with <32 years in both sex groups (p < 0.001 for all components except for low HDL in woman p = 0.014). Statistically significant p-values are shown in bold font.

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Eldakhakhny, Basmah, Sumia Enani, Hanan Jambi, Ghada Ajabnoor, Jawaher Al-Ahmadi, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Lubna Alsheikh, Wesam H. Abdulaal, Hoda Gad, Anwar Borai, and et al. 2026. "Correction: Eldakhakhny et al. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Among Non-Diabetic Saudi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. Biomedicines 2023, 11, 3242" Biomedicines 14, no. 4: 932. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14040932

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Eldakhakhny, B., Enani, S., Jambi, H., Ajabnoor, G., Al-Ahmadi, J., Al-Raddadi, R., Alsheikh, L., Abdulaal, W. H., Gad, H., Borai, A., Bahijri, S., & Tuomilehto, J. (2026). Correction: Eldakhakhny et al. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Among Non-Diabetic Saudi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. Biomedicines 2023, 11, 3242. Biomedicines, 14(4), 932. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14040932

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