Reviewer's report
Title:Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among new outpatients with
dyspepsia in Kuwait
Version: 1Date:26 November 2009
Reviewer: Sonja E. E Steigen
Reviewer's report:
The paper is well written and easy to comprehend. It has a clear purpose; to
recognize the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients. This is
important for clinical follow-up.
The relationship between HP and dyspepsia is controversial as the author’s state
in the paper, and many harbouring HP infection are non-dyspetic. In a population
based study from Norway* they reported that H. pylori infection was 10.5%
higher in women with dyspepsia than in women without dyspepsia. In contrast,
men without dyspepsia had a non-significant 6.4% higher prevalence of H. pylori
infection, than men with dyspepsia. The middle-age woman (40-49 years) with
dyspepsia in the Norwegian group seemed to have a much higher prevalence of
HP than for men (32% vs 12%). Also the younger agegroup had a higher
percentage, but not as striking. The findings from Norway should probably be
incorporated into the discussion as they have some degree of similarity.
Some small spelling mistakes.
*Changes in the prevalence of dyspepsia………… Asfeldt et al Eur J Epidemiol
2008
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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:Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among new outpatients with
dyspepsia in Kuwait
Version: 1Date:26 November 2009
Reviewer: Sonja E. E Steigen
Reviewer's report:
The paper is well written and easy to comprehend. It has a clear purpose; to
recognize the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients. This is
important for clinical follow-up.
The relationship between HP and dyspepsia is controversial as the author’s state
in the paper, and many harbouring HP infection are non-dyspetic. In a population
based study from Norway* they reported that H. pylori infection was 10.5%
higher in women with dyspepsia than in women without dyspepsia. In contrast,
men without dyspepsia had a non-significant 6.4% higher prevalence of H. pylori
infection, than men with dyspepsia. The middle-age woman (40-49 years) with
dyspepsia in the Norwegian group seemed to have a much higher prevalence of
HP than for men (32% vs 12%). Also the younger agegroup had a higher
percentage, but not as striking. The findings from Norway should probably be
incorporated into the discussion as they have some degree of similarity.
Some small spelling mistakes.
*Changes in the prevalence of dyspepsia………… Asfeldt et al Eur J Epidemiol
2008
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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:Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among new outpatients with
dyspepsia in Kuwait
Version: 1Date:26 November 2009
Reviewer: Sonja E. E Steigen
Reviewer's report:
The paper is well written and easy to comprehend. It has a clear purpose; to
recognize the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients. This is
important for clinical follow-up.
The relationship between HP and dyspepsia is controversial as the author’s state
in the paper, and many harbouring HP infection are non-dyspetic. In a population
based study from Norway* they reported that H. pylori infection was 10.5%
higher in women with dyspepsia than in women without dyspepsia. In contrast,
men without dyspepsia had a non-significant 6.4% higher prevalence of H. pylori
infection, than men with dyspepsia. The middle-age woman (40-49 years) with
dyspepsia in the Norwegian group seemed to have a much higher prevalence of
HP than for men (32% vs 12%). Also the younger agegroup had a higher
percentage, but not as striking. The findings from Norway should probably be
incorporated into the discussion as they have some degree of similarity.
Some small spelling mistakes.
*Changes in the prevalence of dyspepsia………… Asfeldt et al Eur J Epidemiol
2008
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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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