Title: Association of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection with Hepatic Steatosis and Injury in
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Children
Version: 3 Date: 03 Aug 2023
Reviewer:  Claudia Mandato
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,
the manuscript deals with an interestic topic, however I have some methodological concerns.
In table 1, BMI results are not referred to percentiles (z.-score), this is not acceptable in a study
which refers to the pediatric age.
There is a significant difference of BMI between groups probably attributed to the difference
in age. The younger age (see standard deviation) can justify per se the difference in degree of
steatosis found in the group of NAFLD+CBI.
The results should be referred to age of the patients and to BMI zscore. It is possibe that the
reduced severity of steatosis in the CBI group is related to younger age /and or to a lower  BMI
zscore.
Best regards
Title: Association of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection with Hepatic Steatosis and Injury in
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Children
Version: 3 Date: 03 Aug 2023
Reviewer:  Claudia Mandato
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,
the manuscript deals with an interestic topic, however I have some methodological concerns.
In table 1, BMI results are not referred to percentiles (z.-score), this is not acceptable in a study
which refers to the pediatric age.
There is a significant difference of BMI between groups probably attributed to the difference
in age. The younger age (see standard deviation) can justify per se the difference in degree of
steatosis found in the group of NAFLD+CBI.
The results should be referred to age of the patients and to BMI zscore. It is possibe that the
reduced severity of steatosis in the CBI group is related to younger age /and or to a lower  BMI
zscore.
Best regards
Please review this paper.
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Title: Association of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection with Hepatic Steatosis and Injury in
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Children
Version: 3 Date: 03 Aug 2023
Reviewer:  Claudia Mandato
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,
the manuscript deals with an interestic topic, however I have some methodological concerns.
In table 1, BMI results are not referred to percentiles (z.-score), this is not acceptable in a study
which refers to the pediatric age.
There is a significant difference of BMI between groups probably attributed to the difference
in age. The younger age (see standard deviation) can justify per se the difference in degree of
steatosis found in the group of NAFLD+CBI.
The results should be referred to age of the patients and to BMI zscore. It is possibe that the
reduced severity of steatosis in the CBI group is related to younger age /and or to a lower  BMI
zscore.
Best regards
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