Submited on: 15 May 2011 08:13:08 PM GMT
Published on: 20 May 2011 04:34:03 PM GMT
 
Obesity with fatty liver
Posted by Dr. Christine G Daood on 05 Jun 2011 09:16:47 AM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? No
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? Yes
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The sample size should be large to be e accurate in results, the references should be recent from 2000 to compare with recent studies.

  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    MBBCh, MSc in internal medicine

  • How to cite:  Daood C G.Obesity with fatty liver[Review of the article 'Multiple Risk Factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Children and Adolescents ' by Meccawy A].WebmedCentral 2011;2(6):WMCRW00803
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? No
  • Other Comments:

    To allow proper post-publication review, it is necessary to have greater disclosure by the authors of their raw data. In this paper, the use of statistics was possibly appropriate, but possibly inappropriate. We simply do not know. For example, where standard deviations given or standard errors? Were confounders accounted for?

     

    This is simply an abstract, not a manuscript. Nevertheless, I believe the topic is interesting and thank the authors for sharing their findings.

  • Competing interests:
    no
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    PhD in Behavioral Sciences and Biostatistics.

  • How to cite:  Heston T F.The use of statistics in analyzing study results[Review of the article 'Multiple Risk Factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Children and Adolescents ' by Meccawy A].WebmedCentral 2011;2(5):WMCRW00779
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? No
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The paper appears similar to the one published in the same website article titled "Prospective Incidence Study of Diabetes Mellitus in Morbidly Obese Saudi Patients" by Dr. Adel A Al-johari.

     

    The title states that the risk factors involved in development of obesity in children and adolscents but the methods adopted to address this is not  relevant.  This study at best deals with the incidence of hypertension, Diabetes and fatty liver in cases who are posted for surgery for morbidly obese.




  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Worked in the field of Nutrition, diabetes and hypertension.

    An article in press titled "A Study of Meat consumption on Cardio-metabolic risk factors in Pre-menopausal type-2 diabetic patients."

     A Paper titled "Effect of meat consumption on glycemic control, obesity and blood pressure in patients of type 2 diabetes" presented in a national conference and has been accepted for publication in national journal.

  • How to cite:  Satish N S.A Review on Multiple Risk Factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Children and Adolescents [Review of the article 'Multiple Risk Factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Children and Adolescents ' by Meccawy A].WebmedCentral 2011;2(5):WMCRW00775
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Comment
Posted by Dr. Remon R Talaat on 20 May 2011 05:30:47 PM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The study is satisfactory for me

  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    High expeience in paper reviewing and writing

  • How to cite:  Talaat R R.Comment[Review of the article 'Multiple Risk Factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Children and Adolescents ' by Meccawy A].WebmedCentral 2011;2(5):WMCRW00773
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