Further to the Expression of concern The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology issued in September 2024¹ for an Article presenting country, regional, and global estimates of lactose malabsorption,² the Editors worked with the authors of the paper to determine whether further data included in the paper did not fully meet the study's stated eligibility criteria. Estimates for a substantial number of countries were identified as being derived, either wholly or in part, from studies that were not representative of the general population, or from studies that did not fulfil other eligibility criteria. As such, the findings of the Article are unreliable and we are now retracting the Article.

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回缩 — 成人乳糖吸收不良的国家、地区和全球估计：系统评价和荟萃分析


继2024年9月发布的《柳叶刀胃肠病学与肝病学》¹的一篇关于国家、地区和全球乳糖吸收不良估计的文章表达关注之后，编辑与论文的作者合作，确定论文中包含的进一步数据是否不完全符合研究规定的资格标准。对相当多国家的估计数被确定为全部或部分来自不代表一般人群的研究，或来自不符合其他合格标准的研究。因此，该文章的调查结果不可靠，我们现在撤回该文章。