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Anthropometric Measures and the Risk of Developing leiomyoma in Ghana
By Prof. Henry S Opare-addo , Dr. Williams K Owiredu , Dr. Theophilus Dapilah
Submited on: 09 Oct 2012 02:24:03 AM GMT
Published on: 09 Oct 2012 05:54:58 PM GMT
 
Good Retrospective Study
Posted by Dr. Mohammad Othman on 09 Oct 2012 08:34:30 PM GMT

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    BMI increase the risk of fibroid, it is important


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Not novel and the auther referred to some other studies in the background and disscusion sections


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes, it is included in the background and explained as anthropological outcomes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes, but no randomisation used in choosing participants


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    No deviation and protocol was good but misses randomisation 


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes, but needs more details specially randomisation 


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    yes information of randomisation 


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    No it is a good paper but not outstanding


  • Other Comments:

    NA

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:

    No

  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Consultant and Author and Refferee of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

  • How to cite:  Othman M .Good Retrospective Study[Review of the article 'Anthropometric Measures and the Risk of Developing leiomyoma in Ghana ' by Dapilah T].WebmedCentral 2012;3(10):WMCRW002289
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