Author Correction: A common variant of the pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPPA) gene encodes a protein with reduced proteolytic activity towards IGF-binding proteins.

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Correction to: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-019-49626-8, published online 13 September 2019

In the original version of this Article, the authors Jane Alrø Bøtkjær and Pernille Rimmer Noer were incorrectly indexed. This error has now been corrected.