Expression of Concern: Influence of the PNPLA3 rs738409 Polymorphism on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Renal Function among Normal Weight Subjects (original) (raw)

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Expression of Concern

Expression of Concern: Influence of the PNPLA3 rs738409 Polymorphism on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Renal Function among Normal Weight Subjects

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The Funding Statement for this article [1] states that the study received funding from the Smoking Research Foundation, which according to [2] has received financial support from the tobacco industry. In light of this issue the PLOS ONE article [1] does not comply with the journal’s policy on Funding from Tobacco Companies [3] which was implemented in 2010. Therefore, the PLOS ONE Editors issue this Expression of Concern.

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  2. 2.Iida K, Proctor RN. (2018) ‘The industry must be inconspicuous’: Japan Tobacco’s corruption of science and health policy via the Smoking Research Foundation. Tobacco Control 27:e3–e11. pmid:29437992
  3. 3.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/disclosure-of-funding-sources#loc-funding-from-tobacco-companies

Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2023) Expression of Concern: Influence of the PNPLA3 rs738409 Polymorphism on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Renal Function among Normal Weight Subjects. PLoS ONE 18(1): e0279460. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279460

Published: January 11, 2023

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