Title: Relationship between anthropometric measures and the risk of incident Metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a longitudinal study
Version: 2 Date: 27 Feb 2025
Reviewer's report:
Congratulations on this important study. I found the topic very relevant and current. While
reading the article, comments, and responses it was possible to observe that the work has
improved. I only have a few suggestions for improvement:
1 - Remove the second "imaging" on p.4, line 65 to avoid redundancy.
2 - Regarding section "2.1 Study population and design", were there any further inclusion or
exclusion criteria applied to the study? i.e. age range or medical conditions.
3 - Please confirm if the ABSI p-value for males was <0.001. Although there was a difference
in dispersion, the medians were the same (0.076 vs. 0.076). This result is possible but I suggest
you review it.
4 - On p.10, lines 188-189 rewrite "whereas only ABSI was significantly associated in females"
to "whereas ABSI was only significantly associated in females".  The phrase as written means
that only ABSI was significant in the female sex (not other indices). The phrase corrected shows
that ABSI was only significant in the female sex (not in the male sex).
5 - In both p. 10, lines 189-190, and p. 13, lines 264-266, it should be explicitly stated that not
only BMI but also BRI and WC, were associated with MASLD.
Title: Relationship between anthropometric measures and the risk of incident Metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a longitudinal study
Version: 2 Date: 27 Feb 2025
Reviewer's report:
Congratulations on this important study. I found the topic very relevant and current. While
reading the article, comments, and responses it was possible to observe that the work has
improved. I only have a few suggestions for improvement:
1 - Remove the second "imaging" on p.4, line 65 to avoid redundancy.
2 - Regarding section "2.1 Study population and design", were there any further inclusion or
exclusion criteria applied to the study? i.e. age range or medical conditions.
3 - Please confirm if the ABSI p-value for males was <0.001. Although there was a difference
in dispersion, the medians were the same (0.076 vs. 0.076). This result is possible but I suggest
you review it.
4 - On p.10, lines 188-189 rewrite "whereas only ABSI was significantly associated in females"
to "whereas ABSI was only significantly associated in females".  The phrase as written means
that only ABSI was significant in the female sex (not other indices). The phrase corrected shows
that ABSI was only significant in the female sex (not in the male sex).
5 - In both p. 10, lines 189-190, and p. 13, lines 264-266, it should be explicitly stated that not
only BMI but also BRI and WC, were associated with MASLD.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Relationship between anthropometric measures and the risk of incident Metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a longitudinal study
Version: 2 Date: 27 Feb 2025
Reviewer's report:
Congratulations on this important study. I found the topic very relevant and current. While
reading the article, comments, and responses it was possible to observe that the work has
improved. I only have a few suggestions for improvement:
1 - Remove the second "imaging" on p.4, line 65 to avoid redundancy.
2 - Regarding section "2.1 Study population and design", were there any further inclusion or
exclusion criteria applied to the study? i.e. age range or medical conditions.
3 - Please confirm if the ABSI p-value for males was <0.001. Although there was a difference
in dispersion, the medians were the same (0.076 vs. 0.076). This result is possible but I suggest
you review it.
4 - On p.10, lines 188-189 rewrite "whereas only ABSI was significantly associated in females"
to "whereas ABSI was only significantly associated in females".  The phrase as written means
that only ABSI was significant in the female sex (not other indices). The phrase corrected shows
that ABSI was only significant in the female sex (not in the male sex).
5 - In both p. 10, lines 189-190, and p. 13, lines 264-266, it should be explicitly stated that not
only BMI but also BRI and WC, were associated with MASLD.
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