Reviewer's report
Title:Clinical predictors of incident gallstone disease in a Chinese population in
Taipei, Taiwan
Version:3Date:1 April 2014
Reviewer: Tom Bates
Reviewer's report:
Minor Essential Revision: The authors have responded to the comments of both
referees as far as they are able and they have carried a telephone survey of the
non-attenders. I think that the results of this survey should be included in the
Methods and Results sections rather that appended to the Discussion. It is noted
that 12/964 developed symptomatic gallstone disease (1.2%) over 5+ years
compared with 1.8% of the attenders over a mean of 3.5 years, albeit not all
symptomatic. This is worthy of comment.
The final Conclusion (p12) should avoid abbreviations.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
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:Clinical predictors of incident gallstone disease in a Chinese population in
Taipei, Taiwan
Version:3Date:1 April 2014
Reviewer: Tom Bates
Reviewer's report:
Minor Essential Revision: The authors have responded to the comments of both
referees as far as they are able and they have carried a telephone survey of the
non-attenders. I think that the results of this survey should be included in the
Methods and Results sections rather that appended to the Discussion. It is noted
that 12/964 developed symptomatic gallstone disease (1.2%) over 5+ years
compared with 1.8% of the attenders over a mean of 3.5 years, albeit not all
symptomatic. This is worthy of comment.
The final Conclusion (p12) should avoid abbreviations.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
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:Clinical predictors of incident gallstone disease in a Chinese population in
Taipei, Taiwan
Version:3Date:1 April 2014
Reviewer: Tom Bates
Reviewer's report:
Minor Essential Revision: The authors have responded to the comments of both
referees as far as they are able and they have carried a telephone survey of the
non-attenders. I think that the results of this survey should be included in the
Methods and Results sections rather that appended to the Discussion. It is noted
that 12/964 developed symptomatic gallstone disease (1.2%) over 5+ years
compared with 1.8% of the attenders over a mean of 3.5 years, albeit not all
symptomatic. This is worthy of comment.
The final Conclusion (p12) should avoid abbreviations.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
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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