Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-01214-1 (2020)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Comparison of nutrition screening tools to assess nutrit ional risk and predict clinical 
outcomes in Mexican patients with digestive diseas es 
 
Version: 1 Date: 05 Feb 2020  
 
Reviewer: Quadri Alabi  
 
Reviewer's report:  
The review of COMPARISON OF NUTRITIONAL SCREENING TOOLS TO ASSESS 
NUTRITIONAL RISK AND PREDICT CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN MEXICAN PATIENTS 
WITH DIGESTIVE DISEASES". Here are comment : 
 
—In the abstract, the abbreviated words should be written in full first  
— The introduction need to some remake. There are lots of repetition of sentence e.g. line 10 -12 
and 20 -22 page 2.  
—Authors should write more on SGA, NRS -2002 and CONUT in introduct ion by indicating 
more on those tools used and state the previous articles in regarded to their recent work. Very 
important  
—The authors assays for albumin and cholesterol in this manuscript. Kindly indicate how you 
collected the blood and serum of the par ticipants and how you carryout the procedure for those 
parameters  
—The authors should explain the significance of NRS -2002 and SGA on nutritional risk over 
CONUT and also compare with previously published articles in regarded to your recent work.  
—You shou ld give more details on line 33 -36, page 16.  
—Authors should explain the role of albumin and cholesterol in this manuscript because they 
were mentioned in the result table 1 without reflecting in the discussion section.  
 
 
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 specify 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 manus cript 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 ab le to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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