Reviewer's report
Title:Overweight and constipation in adolescents
Version: 1Date:6 April 2010
Reviewer: Jonathan E Teitelbaum
Reviewer's report:
- Major Compulsory Revisions
The tables appear to missing 2 patients. Tables 3 and 4 state 2 patients were
eliminated due to incomplete data, and I assume that these 2 patients were the
same for both tables. However if one was to add up all the patients from the 2
tables: No constipation (117 + 757), + yes constipation (17 + 161) + yes fecal
escape (10+15)=1077 whereas the total patients in the study was 1081. the
authors need to account for the 4 missing patients
- Minor Essential Revisions
1. The authors should comment on whether the fecal escape could be related to
poor hygiene rather than true encopresis/overflow. One could certainly imagine
that more obese patients may have a more difficult time with hygiene.
- Discretionary Revisions
Consider adding the following recent references that relate to the study:
a. Teitelbaum JE, Sinha P, Micale M, Yeung S, Jaeger J. Obesity is related to
multiple functional abdominal diseases. J Pediatr. 2009 Mar;154(3):444-6.
b. Pourhoseingholi MA, Kaboli SA, Pourhoseingholi A, Moghimi-Dehkordi B,
Safaee A, Mansoori BK, Habibi M, Zali MR. Obesity and functional constipation:
a community-based study in Iran. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2009
Jun;18(2):151-5.
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:Overweight and constipation in adolescents
Version: 1Date:6 April 2010
Reviewer: Jonathan E Teitelbaum
Reviewer's report:
- Major Compulsory Revisions
The tables appear to missing 2 patients. Tables 3 and 4 state 2 patients were
eliminated due to incomplete data, and I assume that these 2 patients were the
same for both tables. However if one was to add up all the patients from the 2
tables: No constipation (117 + 757), + yes constipation (17 + 161) + yes fecal
escape (10+15)=1077 whereas the total patients in the study was 1081. the
authors need to account for the 4 missing patients
- Minor Essential Revisions
1. The authors should comment on whether the fecal escape could be related to
poor hygiene rather than true encopresis/overflow. One could certainly imagine
that more obese patients may have a more difficult time with hygiene.
- Discretionary Revisions
Consider adding the following recent references that relate to the study:
a. Teitelbaum JE, Sinha P, Micale M, Yeung S, Jaeger J. Obesity is related to
multiple functional abdominal diseases. J Pediatr. 2009 Mar;154(3):444-6.
b. Pourhoseingholi MA, Kaboli SA, Pourhoseingholi A, Moghimi-Dehkordi B,
Safaee A, Mansoori BK, Habibi M, Zali MR. Obesity and functional constipation:
a community-based study in Iran. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2009
Jun;18(2):151-5.
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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Reviewer's report
Title:Overweight and constipation in adolescents
Version: 1Date:6 April 2010
Reviewer: Jonathan E Teitelbaum
Reviewer's report:
- Major Compulsory Revisions
The tables appear to missing 2 patients. Tables 3 and 4 state 2 patients were
eliminated due to incomplete data, and I assume that these 2 patients were the
same for both tables. However if one was to add up all the patients from the 2
tables: No constipation (117 + 757), + yes constipation (17 + 161) + yes fecal
escape (10+15)=1077 whereas the total patients in the study was 1081. the
authors need to account for the 4 missing patients
- Minor Essential Revisions
1. The authors should comment on whether the fecal escape could be related to
poor hygiene rather than true encopresis/overflow. One could certainly imagine
that more obese patients may have a more difficult time with hygiene.
- Discretionary Revisions
Consider adding the following recent references that relate to the study:
a. Teitelbaum JE, Sinha P, Micale M, Yeung S, Jaeger J. Obesity is related to
multiple functional abdominal diseases. J Pediatr. 2009 Mar;154(3):444-6.
b. Pourhoseingholi MA, Kaboli SA, Pourhoseingholi A, Moghimi-Dehkordi B,
Safaee A, Mansoori BK, Habibi M, Zali MR. Obesity and functional constipation:
a community-based study in Iran. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2009
Jun;18(2):151-5.
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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