Reviewer's report
Title:Barrett's esophagus and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea: A case-control
study
Version: 2Date:27 December 2012
Reviewer: William C Orr
Reviewer's report:
The authors have responded quite satisfactorily to my suggested revisions. I do
apologize for the oversight on my part regarding the OR for COL vs. BE. The
authors are quite correct in that these data were in both the abstract and results.
Dont' know how I misinterpreted what was presented; a moment of "temporary
insanity!"
Discretionary resisions:
1. The authors have noted on pg 5 end of the first par: "...growth factors could
predispose to BE." A statement such as this should be accompanied by at least 1
reference.
2. In the results noted in Fig 2, I feel that if a result is at or below the 5% level of
probability it IS significant, so I think the authors are being very conservative not
to consider this a significant result. Either way is fine by me!!
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:Barrett's esophagus and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea: A case-control
study
Version: 2Date:27 December 2012
Reviewer: William C Orr
Reviewer's report:
The authors have responded quite satisfactorily to my suggested revisions. I do
apologize for the oversight on my part regarding the OR for COL vs. BE. The
authors are quite correct in that these data were in both the abstract and results.
Dont' know how I misinterpreted what was presented; a moment of "temporary
insanity!"
Discretionary resisions:
1. The authors have noted on pg 5 end of the first par: "...growth factors could
predispose to BE." A statement such as this should be accompanied by at least 1
reference.
2. In the results noted in Fig 2, I feel that if a result is at or below the 5% level of
probability it IS significant, so I think the authors are being very conservative not
to consider this a significant result. Either way is fine by me!!
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:Barrett's esophagus and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea: A case-control
study
Version: 2Date:27 December 2012
Reviewer: William C Orr
Reviewer's report:
The authors have responded quite satisfactorily to my suggested revisions. I do
apologize for the oversight on my part regarding the OR for COL vs. BE. The
authors are quite correct in that these data were in both the abstract and results.
Dont' know how I misinterpreted what was presented; a moment of "temporary
insanity!"
Discretionary resisions:
1. The authors have noted on pg 5 end of the first par: "...growth factors could
predispose to BE." A statement such as this should be accompanied by at least 1
reference.
2. In the results noted in Fig 2, I feel that if a result is at or below the 5% level of
probability it IS significant, so I think the authors are being very conservative not
to consider this a significant result. Either way is fine by me!!
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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