Reviewer's report
Title:Barrett's esophagus and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea: A case-control
study
Version: 3Date:10 April 2013
Reviewer: Össur Ingi Emilsson
Reviewer's report:
The authors have reacted positively on my former revisions, and corrected a few
misundersandings I had. The manuscript is now much clearer and makes for an
interesting reading. I have no concrete suggestions for revisions, only two
thoughts under discretionary revisions.
Major Compulsory Revisions
None.
Minor Essential Revisions
None.
Discretionary revisions
1. I am still curious about how the follow-up study of this pilot study will be, but
that is perhaps out of the scope of this article to describe? Or is that what the last
sentence of the conclusions is about?
2. My misunderstanding regarding the statistics in table 1 (where I misread the
data on sex and ethnicity), probably stems from a misreading of the numbers, as
I am more used to seeing data of this sort presented as „%“ or „% (n)“, rather
than „n (%)“. Of course, this is just a matter of taste. However, with this setup,
might it be clearer to write for example „White - n (%)“?
I have no further suggestions for revision.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Barrett's esophagus and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea: A case-control
study
Version: 3Date:10 April 2013
Reviewer: Össur Ingi Emilsson
Reviewer's report:
The authors have reacted positively on my former revisions, and corrected a few
misundersandings I had. The manuscript is now much clearer and makes for an
interesting reading. I have no concrete suggestions for revisions, only two
thoughts under discretionary revisions.
Major Compulsory Revisions
None.
Minor Essential Revisions
None.
Discretionary revisions
1. I am still curious about how the follow-up study of this pilot study will be, but
that is perhaps out of the scope of this article to describe? Or is that what the last
sentence of the conclusions is about?
2. My misunderstanding regarding the statistics in table 1 (where I misread the
data on sex and ethnicity), probably stems from a misreading of the numbers, as
I am more used to seeing data of this sort presented as „%“ or „% (n)“, rather
than „n (%)“. Of course, this is just a matter of taste. However, with this setup,
might it be clearer to write for example „White - n (%)“?
I have no further suggestions for revision.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Barrett's esophagus and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea: A case-control
study
Version: 3Date:10 April 2013
Reviewer: Össur Ingi Emilsson
Reviewer's report:
The authors have reacted positively on my former revisions, and corrected a few
misundersandings I had. The manuscript is now much clearer and makes for an
interesting reading. I have no concrete suggestions for revisions, only two
thoughts under discretionary revisions.
Major Compulsory Revisions
None.
Minor Essential Revisions
None.
Discretionary revisions
1. I am still curious about how the follow-up study of this pilot study will be, but
that is perhaps out of the scope of this article to describe? Or is that what the last
sentence of the conclusions is about?
2. My misunderstanding regarding the statistics in table 1 (where I misread the
data on sex and ethnicity), probably stems from a misreading of the numbers, as
I am more used to seeing data of this sort presented as „%“ or „% (n)“, rather
than „n (%)“. Of course, this is just a matter of taste. However, with this setup,
might it be clearer to write for example „White - n (%)“?
I have no further suggestions for revision.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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