Review for 10.1186/s12876-017-0677-7 (2017)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Non-alcoholic fatty liver  disease and its associations among adolescents in an urban, Sri 
Lankan community  
 
Version: 1 Date: 03 Oct 2017  
 
Reviewer: Oyekoya Ayonrinde  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
I thank the authors for addressing the concerns I had previously raised. The manuscript has been 
significantly improved in this revised version and provides a useful study of NAFLD in urban Sri 
Lanka that adds to knowledge from other geographical jurisdictions.  
There are minor comments that need to be addressed, however -  (1) page 7 line 16 1170 (not 
1700) adolescents (2) page 16 line 30 and page 18 line 7 should be Raine (no t Rhine) (3) 
regularise the reference abbreviations and page numbers.  
The authors may also be interested in: Doycheva I, Watt KD, Alkhouri N. Nonalcoholic fatty 
liver disease in adolescents and young adults: The next frontier in the epidemic. Hepatology. 
2017;65:2100 -2109  
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
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Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supporte d by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
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I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
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Acceptable  
 
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