Reviewer's report
Title:A Prospective Experimental study of liver fibrosis with ultrasound and Its
Correlation with hepatic reserve function and hemodynamics
Version: 3Date:27 July 2012
Reviewer: Nigel Bird
Reviewer's report:
The p value given for the ALT vs HCI seems to be wrong. The authors state that
the results were not significant but give a p value of 0.012 which does indicate
significance. Figure 8 also has the same value on it but there is clearly no
significant correlation.
The legend to Table is confusing and suggests that 11 animals with F1 were
sacrificed at 8 weeks and none after that. Could I suggest "Stage of liver fibrosis
at different time intervals." or something like that.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:A Prospective Experimental study of liver fibrosis with ultrasound and Its
Correlation with hepatic reserve function and hemodynamics
Version: 3Date:27 July 2012
Reviewer: Nigel Bird
Reviewer's report:
The p value given for the ALT vs HCI seems to be wrong. The authors state that
the results were not significant but give a p value of 0.012 which does indicate
significance. Figure 8 also has the same value on it but there is clearly no
significant correlation.
The legend to Table is confusing and suggests that 11 animals with F1 were
sacrificed at 8 weeks and none after that. Could I suggest "Stage of liver fibrosis
at different time intervals." or something like that.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:A Prospective Experimental study of liver fibrosis with ultrasound and Its
Correlation with hepatic reserve function and hemodynamics
Version: 3Date:27 July 2012
Reviewer: Nigel Bird
Reviewer's report:
The p value given for the ALT vs HCI seems to be wrong. The authors state that
the results were not significant but give a p value of 0.012 which does indicate
significance. Figure 8 also has the same value on it but there is clearly no
significant correlation.
The legend to Table is confusing and suggests that 11 animals with F1 were
sacrificed at 8 weeks and none after that. Could I suggest "Stage of liver fibrosis
at different time intervals." or something like that.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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