Retraction: Banegas JR et al. Relationship between Clinic and Ambulatory Blood-Pressure Measurements and Mortality. N Engl J Med 2018;378:1509-20.

To the Editor:

Because we have identified inaccuracies in the analytic database and data analyses underlying “Relationship between Clinic and Ambulatory Blood-Pressure Measurements and Mortality,” which was published in the April 19, 2018, issue of the Journal^,1 we wish to retract the article.

José R. Banegas, M.D.
Luis M. Ruilope, M.D.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Alejandro de la Sierra, M.D.
Ernest Vinyoles, M.D.
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Manuel Gorostidi, M.D.
Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Juan J. de la Cruz, M.Sc.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Gema Ruiz-Hurtado, Ph.D.
Julián Segura, M.D.
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, M.D.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Bryan Williams, M.D.
University College London, London, United Kingdom

This letter was published on January 29, 2020, at NEJM.org.