Reviewer's report
Title:Inverse association between gastroesophageal reflux and blood pressure:
results of a large community based study.
Version: 3Date:16 January 2008
Reviewer: Michael Mendall
Reviewer's report:
The first sentence of the discussion conludes that there was a similar yet weaker
association between BP and heartburn. This is claerly not the case. There is
either no relation whic is the most honest thing to say or anything a relationship
the other way.
Could the authors suggest why there was no association wit diastolic blood
pressure?
These concerns aside, I think that the paper is a fair presentation of the data
What next?: Accept after minor essential revisions
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Inverse association between gastroesophageal reflux and blood pressure:
results of a large community based study.
Version: 3Date:16 January 2008
Reviewer: Michael Mendall
Reviewer's report:
The first sentence of the discussion conludes that there was a similar yet weaker
association between BP and heartburn. This is claerly not the case. There is
either no relation whic is the most honest thing to say or anything a relationship
the other way.
Could the authors suggest why there was no association wit diastolic blood
pressure?
These concerns aside, I think that the paper is a fair presentation of the data
What next?: Accept after minor essential revisions
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:Inverse association between gastroesophageal reflux and blood pressure:
results of a large community based study.
Version: 3Date:16 January 2008
Reviewer: Michael Mendall
Reviewer's report:
The first sentence of the discussion conludes that there was a similar yet weaker
association between BP and heartburn. This is claerly not the case. There is
either no relation whic is the most honest thing to say or anything a relationship
the other way.
Could the authors suggest why there was no association wit diastolic blood
pressure?
These concerns aside, I think that the paper is a fair presentation of the data
What next?: Accept after minor essential revisions
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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