Title: A comparison of NAFLD and MAFLD diagnostic criteria in contemporary urban healthy
adults in China- a cross-sectional study
Version: 1 Date: 05 Oct 2022
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting study and has merit and provides new and important information. However,
there are concerns that must be addressed.
1. There is a disconnection between the abstract and the introduction. Also, the entire analysis
on MAFLD. Thus, the introduction section needs to be extensively revised to start by MAFLD
as per the abstract and refocused around this
2. “Compared with the diagnostic criteria of NAFLD, the MAFLD definition are highly
consistent.” This needs to be modified to be “Compared with the diagnostic criteria of NAFLD,
the MAFLD definition is highly consistent and has superior utility”.
3. “These criteria can identify a group of people who have not been diagnosed with NAFLD.” It
should be “These criteria can identify a group of people who have been missed with NAFLD”.
4. Reference 2 needs to be replaced by another one specifically on MAFLD (PMID: 35587339,
PMID: 35710982).
5. The discussion section needs to be abbreviated and better synthesized the data.
6. Overall, the manuscript needs extensive editing, including for English.
7. There are multiple omissions of crucial references that need to be fixed (PMID: 35248211,
PMID: 34265276, PMID: 34129272, PMID: 36070122, PMID: 35143431).
Title: A comparison of NAFLD and MAFLD diagnostic criteria in contemporary urban healthy
adults in China- a cross-sectional study
Version: 1 Date: 05 Oct 2022
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting study and has merit and provides new and important information. However,
there are concerns that must be addressed.
1. There is a disconnection between the abstract and the introduction. Also, the entire analysis
on MAFLD. Thus, the introduction section needs to be extensively revised to start by MAFLD
as per the abstract and refocused around this
2. “Compared with the diagnostic criteria of NAFLD, the MAFLD definition are highly
consistent.” This needs to be modified to be “Compared with the diagnostic criteria of NAFLD,
the MAFLD definition is highly consistent and has superior utility”.
3. “These criteria can identify a group of people who have not been diagnosed with NAFLD.” It
should be “These criteria can identify a group of people who have been missed with NAFLD”.
4. Reference 2 needs to be replaced by another one specifically on MAFLD (PMID: 35587339,
PMID: 35710982).
5. The discussion section needs to be abbreviated and better synthesized the data.
6. Overall, the manuscript needs extensive editing, including for English.
7. There are multiple omissions of crucial references that need to be fixed (PMID: 35248211,
PMID: 34265276, PMID: 34129272, PMID: 36070122, PMID: 35143431).
Please review this paper.
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Title: A comparison of NAFLD and MAFLD diagnostic criteria in contemporary urban healthy
adults in China- a cross-sectional study
Version: 1 Date: 05 Oct 2022
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting study and has merit and provides new and important information. However,
there are concerns that must be addressed.
1. There is a disconnection between the abstract and the introduction. Also, the entire analysis
on MAFLD. Thus, the introduction section needs to be extensively revised to start by MAFLD
as per the abstract and refocused around this
2. “Compared with the diagnostic criteria of NAFLD, the MAFLD definition are highly
consistent.” This needs to be modified to be “Compared with the diagnostic criteria of NAFLD,
the MAFLD definition is highly consistent and has superior utility”.
3. “These criteria can identify a group of people who have not been diagnosed with NAFLD.” It
should be “These criteria can identify a group of people who have been missed with NAFLD”.
4. Reference 2 needs to be replaced by another one specifically on MAFLD (PMID: 35587339,
PMID: 35710982).
5. The discussion section needs to be abbreviated and better synthesized the data.
6. Overall, the manuscript needs extensive editing, including for English.
7. There are multiple omissions of crucial references that need to be fixed (PMID: 35248211,
PMID: 34265276, PMID: 34129272, PMID: 36070122, PMID: 35143431).
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