Reviewer's report 
 Human serum fetuin A/alpha2HS-glycoprotein level is associated with long-term survival in patients Title: 
with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Comparison with the Child-Pugh and MELD scores. 
 1  6 March 2007 Version: Date: 
 Evangelos Cholongitas Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
There is a considerable improvement of the manuscript. The authors have responded to all queries and their new analysis did not change the main message of the paper regarding the significance of AHSG in alcoholic cirrhosis. Moreover, they analyzed the subgroups with alcoholic hepatitis and they compared the 
performance of Child-Pugh score, which was superior, compared to MELD score. 
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 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
Reviewer's report 
 Human serum fetuin A/alpha2HS-glycoprotein level is associated with long-term survival in patients Title: 
with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Comparison with the Child-Pugh and MELD scores. 
 1  6 March 2007 Version: Date: 
 Evangelos Cholongitas Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
There is a considerable improvement of the manuscript. The authors have responded to all queries and their new analysis did not change the main message of the paper regarding the significance of AHSG in alcoholic cirrhosis. Moreover, they analyzed the subgroups with alcoholic hepatitis and they compared the 
performance of Child-Pugh score, which was superior, compared to MELD score. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
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Reviewer's report 
 Human serum fetuin A/alpha2HS-glycoprotein level is associated with long-term survival in patients Title: 
with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Comparison with the Child-Pugh and MELD scores. 
 1  6 March 2007 Version: Date: 
 Evangelos Cholongitas Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
There is a considerable improvement of the manuscript. The authors have responded to all queries and their new analysis did not change the main message of the paper regarding the significance of AHSG in alcoholic cirrhosis. Moreover, they analyzed the subgroups with alcoholic hepatitis and they compared the 
performance of Child-Pugh score, which was superior, compared to MELD score. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
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