Reviewer's report
Title:Factors Associated with Mortality Risk for Malignant Colonic Obstruction in
Elderly Patients
Version:1Date:7 December 2013
Reviewer: Renumathy Dhanasekaran
Reviewer's report:
Minor revisions
1. In the last line of the results section of the abstract, there needs to be a space
between overall and 30-da.
2. Discussion can be shortened and made more succinct.
3. Tables 4A and 4B can be merged and the multivariate analysis results added
as a separate column in univariate analysis. For several variables the p value is
mentioned as 0. Please explain. If no significance is found, consider writing ‘ns’.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Reviewer's report
Title:Factors Associated with Mortality Risk for Malignant Colonic Obstruction in
Elderly Patients
Version:1Date:7 December 2013
Reviewer: Renumathy Dhanasekaran
Reviewer's report:
Minor revisions
1. In the last line of the results section of the abstract, there needs to be a space
between overall and 30-da.
2. Discussion can be shortened and made more succinct.
3. Tables 4A and 4B can be merged and the multivariate analysis results added
as a separate column in univariate analysis. For several variables the p value is
mentioned as 0. Please explain. If no significance is found, consider writing ‘ns’.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Factors Associated with Mortality Risk for Malignant Colonic Obstruction in
Elderly Patients
Version:1Date:7 December 2013
Reviewer: Renumathy Dhanasekaran
Reviewer's report:
Minor revisions
1. In the last line of the results section of the abstract, there needs to be a space
between overall and 30-da.
2. Discussion can be shortened and made more succinct.
3. Tables 4A and 4B can be merged and the multivariate analysis results added
as a separate column in univariate analysis. For several variables the p value is
mentioned as 0. Please explain. If no significance is found, consider writing ‘ns’.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
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