Title: The emerging epidemic of inflammatory bowel disease in Asia and Iran by 2035: A
modeling study
Version: 2 Date: 10 Feb 2021
Reviewer's report:
In this article, the authors present and discuss an approach to estimate the prevalence of
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Asia regions and Iran from 2017 to 2035. Their results
show an emerging epidemic situation in all the countries considered and the authors conclude
with a call for action in this sense.
I find this article useful since it is focused on the optimization of future health care resources in
this field. However, there are some passages I find that must be revised to make reading clear
and more fluent.
First, the introduction is confusing. The information are mixed together and without a clear
presentation of the context in which this research come. Please reorganize all the introduction
and also specify better the concept of the life long treatment management of these patients.
Please anticipate also in the introduction that it is a modeling study.
Second, if your aim is to focus also on the Iranian trend, please reorganized the results section
giving more emphasis on it. In the results section and in the discussion you cited also north Africa
however it was not cited in the introduction and the analysis seems limited only to Asia and Iran.
Finally, also the discussion is confusing and needs to be revised especially in the second half.
Some concepts are repeated.
Minor corrections:
1. Line 78: Please start with the full name, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and not with the
acronymous.
2. Lines 78-81: Please try to create a unique sentence. Space was lost before the reference.
3. Line 91: Space was lost before the reference.
4. Line 107: Space was lost before the reference.
5. Line 109: it is not clear to me to which the previous study are you alluding with the phrase:
“that was not included in the previous study”, please specify or provide the right citation.
6. Please add a space after the words Table or Figure presented in the text.
7. Please add a space between the methods and the results section.
8. Line 152: Space was lost before (.
9. Several lines (156, 162….) lack spaces within the text or the references.
10. Please add a space between the methods and the results section.
11. Please add a space between the discussion and the conclusion sections.
Title: The emerging epidemic of inflammatory bowel disease in Asia and Iran by 2035: A
modeling study
Version: 2 Date: 10 Feb 2021
Reviewer's report:
In this article, the authors present and discuss an approach to estimate the prevalence of
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Asia regions and Iran from 2017 to 2035. Their results
show an emerging epidemic situation in all the countries considered and the authors conclude
with a call for action in this sense.
I find this article useful since it is focused on the optimization of future health care resources in
this field. However, there are some passages I find that must be revised to make reading clear
and more fluent.
First, the introduction is confusing. The information are mixed together and without a clear
presentation of the context in which this research come. Please reorganize all the introduction
and also specify better the concept of the life long treatment management of these patients.
Please anticipate also in the introduction that it is a modeling study.
Second, if your aim is to focus also on the Iranian trend, please reorganized the results section
giving more emphasis on it. In the results section and in the discussion you cited also north Africa
however it was not cited in the introduction and the analysis seems limited only to Asia and Iran.
Finally, also the discussion is confusing and needs to be revised especially in the second half.
Some concepts are repeated.
Minor corrections:
1. Line 78: Please start with the full name, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and not with the
acronymous.
2. Lines 78-81: Please try to create a unique sentence. Space was lost before the reference.
3. Line 91: Space was lost before the reference.
4. Line 107: Space was lost before the reference.
5. Line 109: it is not clear to me to which the previous study are you alluding with the phrase:
“that was not included in the previous study”, please specify or provide the right citation.
6. Please add a space after the words Table or Figure presented in the text.
7. Please add a space between the methods and the results section.
8. Line 152: Space was lost before (.
9. Several lines (156, 162….) lack spaces within the text or the references.
10. Please add a space between the methods and the results section.
11. Please add a space between the discussion and the conclusion sections.
Please review this paper.
user
Title: The emerging epidemic of inflammatory bowel disease in Asia and Iran by 2035: A
modeling study
Version: 2 Date: 10 Feb 2021
Reviewer's report:
In this article, the authors present and discuss an approach to estimate the prevalence of
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Asia regions and Iran from 2017 to 2035. Their results
show an emerging epidemic situation in all the countries considered and the authors conclude
with a call for action in this sense.
I find this article useful since it is focused on the optimization of future health care resources in
this field. However, there are some passages I find that must be revised to make reading clear
and more fluent.
First, the introduction is confusing. The information are mixed together and without a clear
presentation of the context in which this research come. Please reorganize all the introduction
and also specify better the concept of the life long treatment management of these patients.
Please anticipate also in the introduction that it is a modeling study.
Second, if your aim is to focus also on the Iranian trend, please reorganized the results section
giving more emphasis on it. In the results section and in the discussion you cited also north Africa
however it was not cited in the introduction and the analysis seems limited only to Asia and Iran.
Finally, also the discussion is confusing and needs to be revised especially in the second half.
Some concepts are repeated.
Minor corrections:
1. Line 78: Please start with the full name, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and not with the
acronymous.
2. Lines 78-81: Please try to create a unique sentence. Space was lost before the reference.
3. Line 91: Space was lost before the reference.
4. Line 107: Space was lost before the reference.
5. Line 109: it is not clear to me to which the previous study are you alluding with the phrase:
“that was not included in the previous study”, please specify or provide the right citation.
6. Please add a space after the words Table or Figure presented in the text.
7. Please add a space between the methods and the results section.
8. Line 152: Space was lost before (.
9. Several lines (156, 162….) lack spaces within the text or the references.
10. Please add a space between the methods and the results section.
11. Please add a space between the discussion and the conclusion sections.
assistant