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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter of Apology for Falsification of Data

(formerly) College of Medicine
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

To the editor:

Re: Poehlman ET, Goran MJ, Gardner AW, Ades PA, Arcerio PJ, Katzman-Rooks SN, Montgomery SM, Toth MJ, and Sutherland PT. Determinants of decline in resting metabolic rate in aging females. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 264: E450–E455, 1993.

In the referenced paper, we reported cross-sectional changes in a number of physiological and metabolic markers in a cohort of 183 women aged 18–81 yr. In particular, we reported a significant decline in total triiodothyronine (T₃) and free T₃ as the women aged, and we concluded (Fig. 3,A and B, Table 2, and related text) that aging per se might contribute to these reduced hormone concentrations.

I now wish to report that the data for total T₃ and free T₃ in that paper were falsified and that the actual data reveal that there is no significant decline in total or free T₃ with age. The actual thyroid hormone data demonstrate a positive, but not significant, correlation with age, in contrast to the false claim of a statistically significant decline with age.

I take sole responsibility for the falsification, and I now publicly exonerate my coauthors. I request that you publish this letter and accompanying corrigendum in the same issue of this journal.

REFERENCES

1. Poehlman ET, Goran MJ, Gardner AW, Ades PA, Arcerio PJ, Katzman-Rooks SN, Montgomery SM, Toth MJ, and Sutherland PT. Determinants of decline in resting metabolic rate in aging females. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 264: E450–E455, 1993.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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