Title: Statin Use and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Patients With Chronic
Hepatitis B: An Emulated Target Trial Using Longitudinal Nationwide Population Cohort Data
Version: 2 Date: 23 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
The topic is interesting and important, but some details need to be revised.
In the manuscript, the authors said “Since study participants could have more than one exclusion
criteria, the final sample size was 1,379,708 nonunique individuals. Of those, 9,166 person-trials
were excluded due to missing information on confounding factors. The final sample size was
1,379,708 nonunique individuals”. This description is a bit redundant. Please avoid repeatedly
stating the same arguments with the same sentences.
Title: Statin Use and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Patients With Chronic
Hepatitis B: An Emulated Target Trial Using Longitudinal Nationwide Population Cohort Data
Version: 2 Date: 23 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
The topic is interesting and important, but some details need to be revised.
In the manuscript, the authors said “Since study participants could have more than one exclusion
criteria, the final sample size was 1,379,708 nonunique individuals. Of those, 9,166 person-trials
were excluded due to missing information on confounding factors. The final sample size was
1,379,708 nonunique individuals”. This description is a bit redundant. Please avoid repeatedly
stating the same arguments with the same sentences.
Please review this paper.
user
Title: Statin Use and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Patients With Chronic
Hepatitis B: An Emulated Target Trial Using Longitudinal Nationwide Population Cohort Data
Version: 2 Date: 23 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
The topic is interesting and important, but some details need to be revised.
In the manuscript, the authors said “Since study participants could have more than one exclusion
criteria, the final sample size was 1,379,708 nonunique individuals. Of those, 9,166 person-trials
were excluded due to missing information on confounding factors. The final sample size was
1,379,708 nonunique individuals”. This description is a bit redundant. Please avoid repeatedly
stating the same arguments with the same sentences.
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