Reviewer's report
Title:Helicobacter pylori infection and circulating ghrelin levels - A systematic
review
Version: 2Date:3 December 2010
Reviewer: Lorenzo Fuccio
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript has been substantially improved and I have no major comments
to provide but just some minimal changes to suggest:
1) Heterogeneity was also evaluated with the Higgins test however the Authors
do not included this test in the methods.
2) Introduction section: please add some references on the following sentences:
“Subsequently a number of other papers, including animal studies, have explored
this relationship [REF]. A number of review articles have also appeared exploring
this relationship [REF].”
3) The results section is not always easy to read; please consider to avoid to
repeat data already reported in the tables and just limit to focus on data
considered important for the discussion and the comprehension of the topic.
4) Please consider to shorten the discussion section.
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.
Reviewer's report
Title:Helicobacter pylori infection and circulating ghrelin levels - A systematic
review
Version: 2Date:3 December 2010
Reviewer: Lorenzo Fuccio
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript has been substantially improved and I have no major comments
to provide but just some minimal changes to suggest:
1) Heterogeneity was also evaluated with the Higgins test however the Authors
do not included this test in the methods.
2) Introduction section: please add some references on the following sentences:
“Subsequently a number of other papers, including animal studies, have explored
this relationship [REF]. A number of review articles have also appeared exploring
this relationship [REF].”
3) The results section is not always easy to read; please consider to avoid to
repeat data already reported in the tables and just limit to focus on data
considered important for the discussion and the comprehension of the topic.
4) Please consider to shorten the discussion section.
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.
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Helicobacter pylori infection and circulating ghrelin levels - A systematic
review
Version: 2Date:3 December 2010
Reviewer: Lorenzo Fuccio
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript has been substantially improved and I have no major comments
to provide but just some minimal changes to suggest:
1) Heterogeneity was also evaluated with the Higgins test however the Authors
do not included this test in the methods.
2) Introduction section: please add some references on the following sentences:
“Subsequently a number of other papers, including animal studies, have explored
this relationship [REF]. A number of review articles have also appeared exploring
this relationship [REF].”
3) The results section is not always easy to read; please consider to avoid to
repeat data already reported in the tables and just limit to focus on data
considered important for the discussion and the comprehension of the topic.
4) Please consider to shorten the discussion section.
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.
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