Title: Association between neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and
metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and liver fibrosis in the US population:
a nationally representative cross-sectional study using NHANES data from 2017 to 2020
Version: 2 Date: 28 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for addressing all the questions and doing most of the corrections needed. However;
1) The references section in the revised manuscript did not show the corrected ref as stated in
the response letter. Kindly add the corrected ref in the references section.
2) The title should state the country to which these data belong in the title of the work.
3) Authors have to state that these results are based on a health survey of general population, and
without abdominal US one cannot differentiate between advanced stages of fibrosis and frank
cirrhosis, also how can we assess for presence or absence of portal hypertension or ascites. The
primary definition of MASLD is based on the US. This point of weakness should be mentioned
in the discussion and put in the recommendations for further research.
Title: Association between neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and
metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and liver fibrosis in the US population:
a nationally representative cross-sectional study using NHANES data from 2017 to 2020
Version: 2 Date: 28 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for addressing all the questions and doing most of the corrections needed. However;
1) The references section in the revised manuscript did not show the corrected ref as stated in
the response letter. Kindly add the corrected ref in the references section.
2) The title should state the country to which these data belong in the title of the work.
3) Authors have to state that these results are based on a health survey of general population, and
without abdominal US one cannot differentiate between advanced stages of fibrosis and frank
cirrhosis, also how can we assess for presence or absence of portal hypertension or ascites. The
primary definition of MASLD is based on the US. This point of weakness should be mentioned
in the discussion and put in the recommendations for further research.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Association between neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and
metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and liver fibrosis in the US population:
a nationally representative cross-sectional study using NHANES data from 2017 to 2020
Version: 2 Date: 28 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for addressing all the questions and doing most of the corrections needed. However;
1) The references section in the revised manuscript did not show the corrected ref as stated in
the response letter. Kindly add the corrected ref in the references section.
2) The title should state the country to which these data belong in the title of the work.
3) Authors have to state that these results are based on a health survey of general population, and
without abdominal US one cannot differentiate between advanced stages of fibrosis and frank
cirrhosis, also how can we assess for presence or absence of portal hypertension or ascites. The
primary definition of MASLD is based on the US. This point of weakness should be mentioned
in the discussion and put in the recommendations for further research.
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