Title: Correlation of serum cotinine with fatty liver index in adults: data from the NHANES
March 2017 and 2018
Version: 1 Date: 20 Oct 2024
Reviewer:  Panagiotis Tsibouris
Reviewer's report:
Title could better change to express use of cotinin and FLI as parameters measuring smoking and
MASLD Abstract Since gender is not a racial subgroup what do authors mean with other racial
subgroups? p=0.06 is a trend but p=0.05 is statistical significant unless authors define statistical
significance otherwise Introduction Relation of cotinin to vaping could be discussed Methods
Authors should explain why they have selected the particular year Excluded patients belong in
results section where representativeness of the sample should be discussed  Would daily smokers
category or even heavy smokers one being different Had authors tried to investigation such a
possibility? Do any patients with positive FLI not present MASLD because they had no other
criterion? Why Mexican American should be separated from other Hispanics ? Statistics Power
of the study should be calculated p=0.06 is a trend but p=0.05 is statistical significant unless
authors define statistical significance otherwise Results All other parameters related to cotinin
are MASLD parameted which should be mentioned
Title: Correlation of serum cotinine with fatty liver index in adults: data from the NHANES
March 2017 and 2018
Version: 1 Date: 20 Oct 2024
Reviewer:  Panagiotis Tsibouris
Reviewer's report:
Title could better change to express use of cotinin and FLI as parameters measuring smoking and
MASLD Abstract Since gender is not a racial subgroup what do authors mean with other racial
subgroups? p=0.06 is a trend but p=0.05 is statistical significant unless authors define statistical
significance otherwise Introduction Relation of cotinin to vaping could be discussed Methods
Authors should explain why they have selected the particular year Excluded patients belong in
results section where representativeness of the sample should be discussed  Would daily smokers
category or even heavy smokers one being different Had authors tried to investigation such a
possibility? Do any patients with positive FLI not present MASLD because they had no other
criterion? Why Mexican American should be separated from other Hispanics ? Statistics Power
of the study should be calculated p=0.06 is a trend but p=0.05 is statistical significant unless
authors define statistical significance otherwise Results All other parameters related to cotinin
are MASLD parameted which should be mentioned
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Title: Correlation of serum cotinine with fatty liver index in adults: data from the NHANES
March 2017 and 2018
Version: 1 Date: 20 Oct 2024
Reviewer:  Panagiotis Tsibouris
Reviewer's report:
Title could better change to express use of cotinin and FLI as parameters measuring smoking and
MASLD Abstract Since gender is not a racial subgroup what do authors mean with other racial
subgroups? p=0.06 is a trend but p=0.05 is statistical significant unless authors define statistical
significance otherwise Introduction Relation of cotinin to vaping could be discussed Methods
Authors should explain why they have selected the particular year Excluded patients belong in
results section where representativeness of the sample should be discussed  Would daily smokers
category or even heavy smokers one being different Had authors tried to investigation such a
possibility? Do any patients with positive FLI not present MASLD because they had no other
criterion? Why Mexican American should be separated from other Hispanics ? Statistics Power
of the study should be calculated p=0.06 is a trend but p=0.05 is statistical significant unless
authors define statistical significance otherwise Results All other parameters related to cotinin
are MASLD parameted which should be mentioned
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