Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01389-1, published online 30 May 2025

The original version of this Article contained errors.

The X-axis labels in Figure 2B, Figure 3, Supplemental Figure 3 and Supplemental Figure 4 were incorrectly given as ‘False negative rate [%]’.

The original Figure 2 and Figure 3 and accompanying legend appear below.

In addition, in the Methods section, under the subheading ‘Dataset construction’,

“The Iwaki Health Promotion Project57 is an annual health check-up program for residents aged 20 years, started in 2005 and conducted in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.”

now reads:

“The Iwaki Health Promotion Project57 is an annual health check-up program for residents aged 20 years or older, started in 2005 and conducted in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.”

The original Article and accompanying Supplementary Information file have been corrected.

Fig. 2
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Effect of baseline visceral fat on MetS onset (a) VFA values at baseline in the MetS onset group (n = 169) and non-onset group (n = 1058), The p value indicates the difference between the MetS onset and non-onset groups using the Mann–Whitney U test (corrected for ties); (b) ROC curve of baseline VFA that determines MetS onset risk. The cut-off value was calculated using the Youden index.

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Fig. 3
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Comparison of AUC during cross-validation of the two models for MetS onset prediction. Model 3 was constructed using Elastic-Net, and the input feature was VFA. Model 2 was constructed using LightGBM, and the input features were VFA, BMI, number of cigarettes smoked, sex, age, SBP, and DBP. The AUC difference was calculated using the DeLong’s test.

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