Review for 10.1186/s12876-018-0804-0 (2018)

Reviewer ’s report  
Title: Hepcidin Levels Correlate to Iron Parameters, but not St eatohepatitis, in Non -Alcoholic 
Fatty Liver Dis ease 
 
Version: 0 Date: 08 Apr 2018  
 
Reviewer: Theodoros Androutsakos  
 
Reviewer's report:  
At first congratulations for your study. However I have a few questions about it. First of all on 
your ' Patient data collection and investigations' part, on the beginning  you are talking about 29 
patients with various causes of chronic liver disease, however later on (page 5) you are listing the 
cause for only 19 of them. Another question I have is what was the hemochromatosis status 
(meaning if any of them were eterozygot es for it) of the alcohol related liver disease patients. 
However I believe that overall your study is worthy of publication.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
Yes 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please s pecify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
Yes 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
Yes 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or  would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
Acceptable  
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