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In the Original Investigation entitled “Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015” published in the January 10, 2017, issue of JAMA, incorrect values for changes in loss of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) were reported in the Results section of the Abstract. For loss of DALYs associated with systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher, the loss increased from 95.9 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI], 87.0-104.9 million) to 143.0 million (95% UI, 130.2-157.0 million). Additionally, some of the units of measure for rows in Table 1 were excluded. The rows that were labeled to report values for “Individuals” and “Deaths” have been corrected to read: “Individuals, thousands” and “Deaths, thousands.” This article was corrected online.
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