Title: Gastrointestinal Functioning and Menstrual Cycle Phase in Emerging Young Adult
Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
Version: 4 Date: 30 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for your time and efforts addressing reviewers' comments.  The manuscript has been
improved significantly. However, one previous comment has not been fully addressed in the
Discussion section.
While the authors stated in their responses that they did not study women with visceral pain
related to the uterus. Most participants likely had dysmenorrhea given high prevalence of
dysmenorrhea in this age group (prevalence ~50%-90%). Dysmenorrhea is a type of visceral
pain. For some people, such pain can be poorly localized. Please discuss why the menses group
only reported more pain in hypogastric region, but not other regions. Also, many people with
dysmenorrhea experience GI symptoms. See citations a previous reviewer mentioned. Please
discuss why you did not find more GI symptoms among those in menses group compared to
other groups.
Title: Gastrointestinal Functioning and Menstrual Cycle Phase in Emerging Young Adult
Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
Version: 4 Date: 30 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for your time and efforts addressing reviewers' comments.  The manuscript has been
improved significantly. However, one previous comment has not been fully addressed in the
Discussion section.
While the authors stated in their responses that they did not study women with visceral pain
related to the uterus. Most participants likely had dysmenorrhea given high prevalence of
dysmenorrhea in this age group (prevalence ~50%-90%). Dysmenorrhea is a type of visceral
pain. For some people, such pain can be poorly localized. Please discuss why the menses group
only reported more pain in hypogastric region, but not other regions. Also, many people with
dysmenorrhea experience GI symptoms. See citations a previous reviewer mentioned. Please
discuss why you did not find more GI symptoms among those in menses group compared to
other groups.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Gastrointestinal Functioning and Menstrual Cycle Phase in Emerging Young Adult
Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
Version: 4 Date: 30 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for your time and efforts addressing reviewers' comments.  The manuscript has been
improved significantly. However, one previous comment has not been fully addressed in the
Discussion section.
While the authors stated in their responses that they did not study women with visceral pain
related to the uterus. Most participants likely had dysmenorrhea given high prevalence of
dysmenorrhea in this age group (prevalence ~50%-90%). Dysmenorrhea is a type of visceral
pain. For some people, such pain can be poorly localized. Please discuss why the menses group
only reported more pain in hypogastric region, but not other regions. Also, many people with
dysmenorrhea experience GI symptoms. See citations a previous reviewer mentioned. Please
discuss why you did not find more GI symptoms among those in menses group compared to
other groups.
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