Title: Prevalence and Predictors of Non-alcoholic Liver Disease on MRI among Patients with
Crohn's Disease
Version: 3 Date: 27 Jan 2022
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
thank you very much for submitting this paper to BMC Gastroenterology.
The authors should argument more why they thought that there is an association between
NAFLD and Chron's disease in the first place. This should be made clearer in the discussion and
introduction and therefore giving the rationale for this study.
As the only disease-specific factor associated with NAFLD is disease length, the authors should
also expand on the reasons why this association could be happening.
This study illustrates the prevalence of NAFLD and associated risk factors. However, there is
no information on severity (i.e. fibrosis ) and this should be stated as a limitation as fibrosis is
the main clinical predictor in this population.
It would also be good to add in the discussion a paragraph discussing what actions would a
diagnosis of NAFLD prompt in this population and/or if awareness needs to be risen among
IBD specialist
Title: Prevalence and Predictors of Non-alcoholic Liver Disease on MRI among Patients with
Crohn's Disease
Version: 3 Date: 27 Jan 2022
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
thank you very much for submitting this paper to BMC Gastroenterology.
The authors should argument more why they thought that there is an association between
NAFLD and Chron's disease in the first place. This should be made clearer in the discussion and
introduction and therefore giving the rationale for this study.
As the only disease-specific factor associated with NAFLD is disease length, the authors should
also expand on the reasons why this association could be happening.
This study illustrates the prevalence of NAFLD and associated risk factors. However, there is
no information on severity (i.e. fibrosis ) and this should be stated as a limitation as fibrosis is
the main clinical predictor in this population.
It would also be good to add in the discussion a paragraph discussing what actions would a
diagnosis of NAFLD prompt in this population and/or if awareness needs to be risen among
IBD specialist
Please review this paper.
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Title: Prevalence and Predictors of Non-alcoholic Liver Disease on MRI among Patients with
Crohn's Disease
Version: 3 Date: 27 Jan 2022
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
thank you very much for submitting this paper to BMC Gastroenterology.
The authors should argument more why they thought that there is an association between
NAFLD and Chron's disease in the first place. This should be made clearer in the discussion and
introduction and therefore giving the rationale for this study.
As the only disease-specific factor associated with NAFLD is disease length, the authors should
also expand on the reasons why this association could be happening.
This study illustrates the prevalence of NAFLD and associated risk factors. However, there is
no information on severity (i.e. fibrosis ) and this should be stated as a limitation as fibrosis is
the main clinical predictor in this population.
It would also be good to add in the discussion a paragraph discussing what actions would a
diagnosis of NAFLD prompt in this population and/or if awareness needs to be risen among
IBD specialist
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