Reviewer's report
Title:Validation of the BARD scoring system in Polish patients with nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Version: 1Date:18 May 2010
Reviewer: Stephen Harrison
Reviewer's report:
The authors have studied 104 Caucasians with NASH and validated the BARD
score for detecting advanced fibrosis. A similar ROC, OR and NPV was found to
the original manuscript the described and validated the BARD score. This is a
very good study that confirms the previous work in a different patient population.
No issues.
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:Validation of the BARD scoring system in Polish patients with nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Version: 1Date:18 May 2010
Reviewer: Stephen Harrison
Reviewer's report:
The authors have studied 104 Caucasians with NASH and validated the BARD
score for detecting advanced fibrosis. A similar ROC, OR and NPV was found to
the original manuscript the described and validated the BARD score. This is a
very good study that confirms the previous work in a different patient population.
No issues.
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:Validation of the BARD scoring system in Polish patients with nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Version: 1Date:18 May 2010
Reviewer: Stephen Harrison
Reviewer's report:
The authors have studied 104 Caucasians with NASH and validated the BARD
score for detecting advanced fibrosis. A similar ROC, OR and NPV was found to
the original manuscript the described and validated the BARD score. This is a
very good study that confirms the previous work in a different patient population.
No issues.
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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