Bernhard Rintelen1,2, Jochen Zwerina3, Manfred Herold4, Franz Singer5, Johann Hitzelhammer6, Wolfgang Halder7, Gabriela Eichbauer-Sturm8, Rudolf Puchner9, Miriam Stetter10, Burkhard F Leeb11,12,13. 1. Lower Austrian State Hospital Stockerau, 2nd Department for internal medicine, Lower Austrian Center for Rheumatology, Landstrasse 18, Stockerau, 2000, Austria. bernhard.rintelen@stockerau.lknoe.at. 2. Karl Landsteiner Institute for Clinical Rheumatology, Landstrasse 18, Stockerau, 2000, Austria. bernhard.rintelen@stockerau.lknoe.at. 3. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital Vienna, Heinrich-Collinstrasse 30, Vienna, 1140, Austria. 4. Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria. 5. BIOREG, Schloßhoferstrasse 4/4/12, Vienna, 1221, Austria. 6. Health Center Vienna Mariahilf, Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse, Mariahilfer Strasse 85-87, Vienna, 1060, Austria. 7. Tyrolean State Hospital Hochzirl, Hochzirl, 6170, Austria. 8. Office based rheumatologist, Freistätter Strasse 16, Linz, 4040, Austria. 9. Office based rheumatologist, Freiung 19, Wels, 4070, Austria. 10. Department for Internal Medicine, Lower Austrian State Hospital Amstetten, Krankenhausstrasse 21, Amstetten, 3300, Austria. 11. Lower Austrian State Hospital Stockerau, 2nd Department for internal medicine, Lower Austrian Center for Rheumatology, Landstrasse 18, Stockerau, 2000, Austria. 12. Karl Landsteiner Institute for Clinical Rheumatology, Landstrasse 18, Stockerau, 2000, Austria. 13. Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 2, Graz, 8010, Austria.
After publication of the original article [1], it came to the authors’ attention that in the third paragraph of the ‘Discussion’ section, the value of DAS28 in NEW included patients is indicated wrongly, although correctly cited in Table 2. The correct form of the erroneous sentence is as follows:“NEW patients´ median disease activity according to the DAS28 before starting bDMARDs is in the lower range in BIOREG compared to other European bDMARD registries (4.46 compared to 4.2–6.6), while median HAQ-DI scores are in a comparable range (1.0 vs 0.8–1.9).”To correct the original sentence, “(4.46 compared to 4.2–6.6)” should be updated to “(4.13 compared to 4.2–6.6)”, and “in the lower range” should replace “somewhat lower”.