Reviewer's report
Title:Fatty acid composition of subcutaneous adipose tissue and gastric
mucosa: is there a relation with gastric ulceration?
Version: 3Date:15 December 2008
Reviewer: Caroline M Pond
Reviewer's report:
Variable style of citation of references (sometimes [1]. sometimtes .[1]) should be
standardized.
Everywhere use n-3, n-6 etc. and in italics
p 2 First sentence of abstract must mention 'dietary' and 'human'. Word order in
third sentence is very clumsy. Avoid the common mistake of implying that free
fatty acids are present - almost all were components extracted from larger lipids.
Last sentence of 'methods' should be clarified.
P 5. 'FAs that compose' change to 'FAs incorporated into' The many
one-sentence paragraphs should become one paragraph.
p 6 Use roman type for H. pylori in italicized headings.
P 8 'Adipose tissue FAs' change to 'FAs extracted from adipose tissue lipids'
P 10 gastric mucosal FAs' change to 'FAs extracted from the gastric mucosa
lipids'
p 20 fatty not tatty and rephrase the titles as above.
Embolden or add ** to data that are significantly different at p<0.05 in both
Tables to make them more easily identified.
Emphasise in the Conclusions and Abstract that all fatty acids that were
significantly different between groups of patients represent only a very small
fraction of the total extracted, perhaps by adding words like 'low-abundance' or
'minority'. Minor components are difficult to quantify accurately and may be
biologically insignificant as well.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
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:Fatty acid composition of subcutaneous adipose tissue and gastric
mucosa: is there a relation with gastric ulceration?
Version: 3Date:15 December 2008
Reviewer: Caroline M Pond
Reviewer's report:
Variable style of citation of references (sometimes [1]. sometimtes .[1]) should be
standardized.
Everywhere use n-3, n-6 etc. and in italics
p 2 First sentence of abstract must mention 'dietary' and 'human'. Word order in
third sentence is very clumsy. Avoid the common mistake of implying that free
fatty acids are present - almost all were components extracted from larger lipids.
Last sentence of 'methods' should be clarified.
P 5. 'FAs that compose' change to 'FAs incorporated into' The many
one-sentence paragraphs should become one paragraph.
p 6 Use roman type for H. pylori in italicized headings.
P 8 'Adipose tissue FAs' change to 'FAs extracted from adipose tissue lipids'
P 10 gastric mucosal FAs' change to 'FAs extracted from the gastric mucosa
lipids'
p 20 fatty not tatty and rephrase the titles as above.
Embolden or add ** to data that are significantly different at p<0.05 in both
Tables to make them more easily identified.
Emphasise in the Conclusions and Abstract that all fatty acids that were
significantly different between groups of patients represent only a very small
fraction of the total extracted, perhaps by adding words like 'low-abundance' or
'minority'. Minor components are difficult to quantify accurately and may be
biologically insignificant as well.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Fatty acid composition of subcutaneous adipose tissue and gastric
mucosa: is there a relation with gastric ulceration?
Version: 3Date:15 December 2008
Reviewer: Caroline M Pond
Reviewer's report:
Variable style of citation of references (sometimes [1]. sometimtes .[1]) should be
standardized.
Everywhere use n-3, n-6 etc. and in italics
p 2 First sentence of abstract must mention 'dietary' and 'human'. Word order in
third sentence is very clumsy. Avoid the common mistake of implying that free
fatty acids are present - almost all were components extracted from larger lipids.
Last sentence of 'methods' should be clarified.
P 5. 'FAs that compose' change to 'FAs incorporated into' The many
one-sentence paragraphs should become one paragraph.
p 6 Use roman type for H. pylori in italicized headings.
P 8 'Adipose tissue FAs' change to 'FAs extracted from adipose tissue lipids'
P 10 gastric mucosal FAs' change to 'FAs extracted from the gastric mucosa
lipids'
p 20 fatty not tatty and rephrase the titles as above.
Embolden or add ** to data that are significantly different at p<0.05 in both
Tables to make them more easily identified.
Emphasise in the Conclusions and Abstract that all fatty acids that were
significantly different between groups of patients represent only a very small
fraction of the total extracted, perhaps by adding words like 'low-abundance' or
'minority'. Minor components are difficult to quantify accurately and may be
biologically insignificant as well.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
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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